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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): The criminal breach of trust and graft trial involving former Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad (pictured) at the High Court here will proceed as scheduled, beginning Oct 7.

KAJANG (Sept 23): Decent take-ups of retail and office spaces in the Klang Valley supported the occupancy rate growth of the commercial sector in 1H2019, according to National Property Information Centre (Napic).

KAJANG (Sept 23): Property market transactions for 1H2019 have rebounded for the first time since the market dipped in 1H2015, the improved sales performance also signaling a resilient market outlook, according to data from National Property Information Centre (Napic).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Former Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) and later its federalised incarnation 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi described former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak as being so close with fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — better known as Jho Low — that he gave the Penang-born financier the mandate to plan and arrange the operations of the two entities.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): The trial involving Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz, the stepson of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, for five money laundering charges involving US$248.

KAJANG (Sept 23): Putrajaya is mulling a homeownership scheme for those who have problems securing a home loan in the upcoming Budget 2020, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Wira Amiruddin Hamzah.

KAJANG (Sept 23): Close to 40% of the overhang residential properties recorded in the country are made up high-rise units priced below RM400,000, according to latest data released by the National Property Information Centre (Napic) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's former aide Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured left) was asked to highlight several passages that implied the bailout of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in a document that was prepared by Low Taek Jho following a meeting with China.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): When asked about his cronies in a video posted online on Saturday, the former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said all of Malaysia were his cronies, and should go to jail with him.

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