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KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): The High Court today allowed an application by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) and Baling Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim to strike out a multimillion-ringgit suit by carpet businessman Deepak Jaikishian, his brother Rajesh and their company Carpet Raya Sdn Bhd.

MIRI (July 16): The city's mayor Adam Yii wants quick action after 13 new Covid-19 patients-under-investigation (PUIs) were reported in the city “over the past day”, reported The Star.

PUTRAJAYA (July 16):  Two ex-soldiers convicted of platting to kidnap former Datuk Seri Najib Razak and top leaders saw their jail sentences hiked from eight years to 12 with the Federal Court allowing the prosecution’s appeal against their sentence, reported FMT today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Singapore’s economy may have been impacted by its eight-week “circuit-breaker” to combat the Covid-19 pandemic but it seems that its private housing segment has weathered the dire situation.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Ireka Corp Bhd has signed definitive agreements with London Stock Exchange-listed Aseana Properties Ltd to undertake a demerger exercise which involves separating the interests of Ireka Group from Aseana, where the former held a 23% stake in Aseana.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Sime Darby Bhd has appointed its non-independent non-executive director Tan Sri Samsudin Osman (pictured) as chairman, effective immediately.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): The High Court here had today issued an ad-interim (temporary) order barring Tarek Obaid, PetroSaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd and three others from moving US$340.

SINGAPORE (July 16): Two weeks after it was allowed to partially reopen, Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) (run by Genting Singapore) “axed an unconfirmed number of workers out of its total of 9,373 as at end of last year”, reported The Edge Singapore.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) said in Parliament here today five Cabinet ministers have yet to declare their assets, as outlined under Malaysia's National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): CGS-CIMB Research said the conclusion of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rail Transit System (JB-Singapore RTS) bilateral agreement in end-July may be a prelude to a likely favourable outcome at the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail's (HSR) end-2020 review deadline.