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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Sums of money totalling RM170 million that were transferred in and out of Putrajaya Perdana Bhd’s (PPB) subsidiaries were done under the instruction of businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), the property group’s managing director told the High Court today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 25): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial has been postponed today, as the former premier needs to be at an Umno meeting, while the statement for the next defence witness to be called is yet to be finalised.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 25): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah claimed that his client has been summoned to the Palace, after a party meeting at the Umno headquarters today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 24): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyers intend to call in former attorney-general (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad as well as current chief commissioner Latheefa Koya as defence witnesses in the RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 24): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s defence will not be calling a document expert witness to testify on his examination of 13 contemporaneous documents at the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 24): High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Ghazali has ruled that Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence team cannot compel Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer (IO) Mohd Nasharudin Amir into being interviewed prior to him testifying in court.

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PUTRAJAYA (Feb 18): The Housing and Local Government Ministry will set up a fund for those who want to contribute to programmes and activities under the Dasar Komuniti Negara (DKN) or the National Community Policy to enhance the lives of the B40 community.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): The High Court will hear submissions next week in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial to compel a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer to be interviewed before he takes the witness stand to testify in court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Former foreign affairs minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, the sixth defence witness in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, told the court that the Cabinet was not alerted of the alleged financial assistance from the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia as it was a personal donation.