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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): The High Court here today had dismissed the prosecution's application to overturn the Sessions Court's earlier decision to transfer former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's (pictured) trial involving seven corruption charges linked to Malaysia's foreign visa system to the Shah Alam Sessions Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Practice Note 17 (PN17) firm Seacera Group Bhd has defaulted on credit facilities amounting to RM12.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Melaka-centric township property developer Yong Tai Bhd announced its first annual net loss in five years, due to losses incurred at its Encore Melaka theatre and after booking a one-off impairment loss in relation to the Terra Square retail mall.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Malaysia's Batu Kawan Bhd, Hap Seng Consolidated Bhd, IHH Healthcare Bhd, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd and Public Bank Bhd were among the Forbes Asia's inaugural Best Over A Billion list.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak complained yesterday, through his lawyer, that he had to seek treatment for a sore back after sitting on the wooden bench in the accused dock during his SRC International Sdn Bhd hearings.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application to remove Datuk Gopal Sri Ram (pictured) from prosecuting the former prime minister in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case will be heard by Justice Datuk Seri Mariana Yahaya, the High Court decided today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Jalil Rasheed (pictured), the investment director for the Singapore office of UK-based fund manager Invesco, is set to assume the group chief executive seat at Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): The late deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais was not involved in investigations into the embezzlement of funds from former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Gagasan Nadi Cergas Bhd expects its construction tender book to exceed RM1 billion from RM700 million as at January 2019, as the group has been successfully pre-qualified in more public sector tenders.