Public Bank says Covid-19 relief amounts to about RM40b so far

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Public Bank Bhd managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Tay Ah Lek said today the group’s Covid-19-driven targeted loan repayment assistance programme had so far assisted over 160,000 customers who benefited from the bank’s pandemic relief amounting to about RM40 billion.

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MEF urges Putrajaya to set up a Covid vaccine research centre

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): There is a need for the government to form a national vaccine research centre employing local experts and resources with the objective to ensure a long-term vaccine supply for the country, said Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) In a media statement on June 13, MEF president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman JP said Malaysia should have its own specialised vaccine research centre to look at the long-term prospects of producing the country’s own vaccines.

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US charges Jho Low, rapper with back-channel lobbying to drop 1MDB probe, extradite Chinese dissident from US

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): Penang-born fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) (pictured) and rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel were on Thursday charged in the US District of Columbia with orchestrating an unregistered, back-channel campaign in 2017 linked to former US president Donald Trump to have investigations related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) be dropped, and to send a Chinese dissident back to China.

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