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KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): Investor hopes have dimmed over Meridian Bhd “while its recent financial footing is raising a red flag”, reported The Edge Malaysia this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): As the foreign hypermarket players flounder, two grocery retailers have instead surged ahead.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Former Solicitor General and Federal Court judge Tan Sri Idrus Harun (pictured) has been appointed the new Attorney General for two years.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): A portion of the Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) that links Bandar Utama to Johan Setia has a new revised contract price of RM536.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): The National Patriots Association (Patriot), which represents veteran armies in Malaysia, said the numbers and identities of members of Parliament who support either Perikatan Nasional or Pakatan Harapan must be revealed.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd are reducing their base rate and fixed deposit rate/fixed return income account-i board rates by 25 basis points, in line with the overnight policy rate cut announced by Bank Negara Malaysia on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): UDA Holdings chairman Datuk Hisham Hamdan — who is the 26th confirmed case of Covid-19 in the country and has been linked to 16 other infections — has issued a statement to explain the facts of his particular circumstance, following various news reports on his case.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Sunway Property has launched the “First Property Customisation & Online Purchase System” in Malaysia for its integrated Sunway GRID project in Sunway Iskandar, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Latheefa Koya said she released audio recordings allegedly related to the dealings of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd, involving former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak so that officials from the MACC, Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Prime Minister’s Office would never again be involved in criminal activity.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): A South Korean plastic surgery clinic is being sued over the death of Hong Kong textile fortune heiress Bonnie Evita Law by her family, according to a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report on Wednesday.