First-time buyers continued to support house prices in 1H21 — BNM

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): First-time buyers of affordable residential property continued to support house prices in Malaysia in the first half of 2021 (1H21) despite the housing market reversing improvements observed in 2H20 as the effects of the positive response to various homeownership incentives introduced by the government subsided.

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Ahmad Maslan freed after paying RM1.1m compound

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Former deputy finance minister and Pontian Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (pictured) was on Wednesday acquitted of charges of money laundering and giving a false statement against him after he agreed to pay a compound of RM1.

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