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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The High Court here was told that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak asked Felda Investment Corp Sdn Bhd (FIC) to reconsider the purchase of the Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites in Kuching, Sarawak, after FIC rejected the proposal twice, because the asset was overpriced.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi admitted to inking a joint venture (JV) agreement between 1MDB and an impostor JV partner in 2009, despite noticing the inconsistencies in the name, on the advice of fellow 1MDB director Casey Tang.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): A minority shareholder is suing Empire Resorts Ltd, its board members and the controlling shareholders — Genting Malaysia Bhd (GENM) and Kien Huat Realty III, for the unfair offer to take the US-based casino operator private.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The prosecution team in the 1MDB audit report tampering trial involving Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and former 1MDB chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy is preparing over 40 witnesses for the case, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): What sort of due diligence did 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) perform on PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) before spending US$1 billion on a joint venture (JV) with the Saudi-based company? An oral one, said former 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The trial involving Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty SAL's US$14.

KUALA LUMPUR: Advancecon Holdings Bhd has bagged two contracts worth a combined value of RM50.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The lower property threshold for foreign ownership will help “solve the liquidity problem faced by developers”, LBS Bina managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San (pictured) told China Press in an interview.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) ordered two development projects in Kampung Segambut Dalam to immediately suspend operations after a flood in the area on Monday, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Double-storey terraced houses illegally constructed and housing foreigners with permanent resident (PR) status have been torn down.