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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Former 1MDB chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pictured) has denied being involved in the US$3 billion fundraising exercise undertaken by the state fund in 2012, contradicting an earlier statement by his predecessor Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) said he may initiate contempt proceedings against former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas for statements in his memoir “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness” implicating his client former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) is appealing the High Court’s rejection of his application to recuse former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in four of the former premier's trials related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah, who is presiding over the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial, has dismissed the application made by the accused Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) to postpone the trial this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Leveraging its strong partnership network, MyTOWN Shopping Centre (pictured) has renewed over 80% of the tenants and utilising the 2020 first term expiries to make key changes to its pool of tenants in order to further align consumer priorities and preferences to relevant offers of its core customer segment.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 16): Emerging opportunities for industrial real estate in Asia-Pacific, particularly in port infrastructure, have changed the overall landscape, according to Knight Frank.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) claims Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is not qualified to be the prime minister as he has lost majority support, adding that the emergency proclamation sought by Muhyiddin was based on "lies".

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Yong Tai Bhd has denied rumours in the social media that its Covid-19 vaccine application has been rejected by the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): UEM Sunrise Bhd and Mulpha International Bhd have called off their joint venture (JV) for a RM5 billion gross development value mixed development in Nusajaya, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pictured) testified today that while he was told that 1MDB was used to fund Umno, during his tenure, he had seen no such evidence of money from the government investment fund benefitting Umno or former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.