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KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Sessions Court judge Azman Ahmad will hear the money laundering case involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak's stepson Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), replacing Sessions Court judge Rozina Ayob, who recused herself last month.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Bursa Malaysia’s top active stock JAKS Resources Bhd’s share price fell as much 16 sen or 15.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Economic growth in Malaysia is expected to slow to 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAS) is the latest airline to ask its 13,000 employees to take voluntary unpaid leave as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) takes a heavy toll on airlines' bottom line.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Genting Bhd to negative from stable to reflect its view that Genting Bhd's revenue and EBITDA will drop by 20%-25% and 25%-30% respectively in 2020 because of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

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KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The World Health Organization called the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, issuing a grim warning that the global spread and severity of the illness was due to "alarming levels of inaction", AFP reported late yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have both tested positive for COVID-19, the US actor said yesterday, AFP reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The High Court was yesterday informed that the prosecution is considering a representation relating to asset forfeiture made by OBYU Holdings Sdn Bhd, the owner of several condos at Pavilion Residences, where more than RM680 million worth of valuable items said to belong to Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, were kept and are subject to forfeiture.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced today that about 10,000 people had taken part in a religious gathering at Masjid Seri Petaling, Selangor, between Feb 27 to March 1 where a Bruneian national infected with COVID-19 was also present.