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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Joint management body (JMB) treasurer of Mutiara Fadason low-cost flats in Kepong, Song Kok Ann, 46, was punched in the face by a resident who was angry about the move not to use Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) contractor to fix broken down lifts, The Star daily reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 26): A mediating body to handle complaints by residents of high-rise buildings is set to be launched by Oct 1.

SINGAPORE (Sept 26): On July 5, the government has acted to cool the red hot residential property market by introducing a fresh round of cooling measures, which included higher Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) rates and tighter Loan-to-Value (LTV) limits.

PETALING JAYA (September 26): Clare Rewcastle-Brown, editor of Sarawak Report asks the authors of Billion Dollar Whale to reveal their source, for information contained in the book on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd financial scandal.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Embattled former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has been summoned by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain “missing” goods and services tax refunds amounting to RM19.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 26): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) had today arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here for questioning again on graft allegations related to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

Sapura Energy Bhd (Sept 25, 44 sen) Maintain trading buy with an unchanged target price (TP) of 81 sen: Sapura Energy Bhd announced that it had been awarded multiple contracts in four different countries — Malaysia, Australia, Brunei and Nigeria — with a combined value of about RM815 million.

IGB Real Estate Investment Trust(Sept 25, RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 26): Pestech International Bhd has bagged a RM399 million sub-contract from Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd to undertake engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance works relating to the electrification system for the electrified double track from Gemas to Johor Baru.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 26): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has been summoned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) again, and may also face criminal charges alongside her husband, embattled former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, for her involvement in the case of SRC International Sdn Bhd — a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).