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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had lost trust in former Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, and when then deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had raised the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) issue in cabinet, this may have led to both losing their posts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): Former chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa told the High Court today that then Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had expressed his dissatisfaction with the contents of the audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) which was to be tabled before the Public Accounts Committee.

PUTRAJAYA (Nov 19): In a landmark judgement, the Federal Court ruled that the Prime Minister (PM) and ministers are public officers, which means that they can be sued for misfeasance in public office, and the government can be held vicariously liable for any wrongdoing they committed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Widad Group Bhd’s wholly-owned unit which has been appointed as a subcontractor by Bumi Segar Indah Sdn Bhd (BSI) to undertake a RM120.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Arul Kanda Kandasamy had their pleas taken again before the High Court here yesterday following amendments to the audit tampering charge.

  GEORGE TOWN (Nov 18): Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) have raised the alarm over massive earthworks and hill cutting on steep slopes at Mount Erskine.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Bangsar’s Jalan Abdullah residents have been worried about the slope adjacent to their homes for two years now.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): The High Court was told that there are no other claims, including from fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, on the US$126 million sales proceeds of superyacht Equanimity apart from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Malaysia's economic recovery is likely to be a muted one due to soft oil prices, ongoing fiscal consolidation, and subdued private capital expenditure (capex) momentum amid lingering political uncertainty, according to Morgan Stanley Research's 2020 Asia Economic Outlook.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi are claiming trial on the same day — a first in Malaysian history.