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Taking the hot seat to helm the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) in mid-May this year, Datuk Lawrence Low has no time for celebrations as his appointment came in the midst of a pandemic that has yet to subside — a time where businesses are still trying to find their footing in the new normal.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 13): Former Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali (pictured) has filed a lawsuit against former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the Government of Malaysia, over what he claimed was the unlawful termination of his post as AG in 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): After an attempt by former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s lawyers to get certain parts of former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman's witness testimony removed, he finally takes the stand at the 1MDB-Tanore trial today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): High Court judge Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali characterised the conviction of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), last July 28, as the worst case of abuse of position.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): Boustead Holdings Bhd confirmed that it has filed a suit at the High Court against its former managing director Tan Sri Che Lodin Wok Kamaruddin and five former directors, seeking £6.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): The prosecution, namely the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), has failed to forfeit RM100,000 from former land and cooperative development minister Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam, which he allegedly received from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak from ill-gotten money.

SINGAPORE (July 20): The owner of Marina Bay Sands Pte - Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a former patron with S$9.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): The High Court today fixed Aug 7 to deliver its decision on whether to strike out the lawsuit filed by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and five others against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin over the termination of their memberships in Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 30 ): Retiree Lee Cheong Chee, 55, is suing HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd for negligence, saying the bank did not advise him against going ahead with transactions that “it could have deduced to be fraudulent”, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): A myriad of events are eroding rents in Hong Kong.