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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Attorney-General Tommy Thomas has defended the appointment of Sitpah Selvaratnam, a senior shipping and maritime lawyer in his former law firm, to handle the government's claim of Equanimity, a RM1 billion super yacht that was bought using funds allegedly siphoned from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

PUTRAJAYA (August 9): The Immigration Department of Malaysia is expected to introduce e-visas for approved Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) applicants by end-2018 to ease the traffic at immigration centres and reduce the processing time, said Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia (Motac) head of department for the immigration unit of MM2H Ernee Shylla Mohtar.

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 9): The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) expects the number of approved applicants under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme to be doubled by the end of the year from the current 1,009 approved aplicants as of June, said ministry secretary general Datuk Rashidi Hasbullah.

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PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): The free bus service which was part of Pakatan Harapan's (PH) election pledge will be launched on Aug 20 at Melaka Sentral, reported Bernama.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) holds an optimistic outlook of the property market and believes that real estate investors will make a comeback, due to improving fundamentals under the new government and new policies to address the sector's issues.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured), leading former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s legal defence team, is unhappy with the transfer of judges in Najib’s case involving money laundering, criminal breach of trust (CBT) and abuse of power in relation to SRC International Sdn Bhd.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): The developer of a contentious high-density, high-rise development at Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK) in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, is willing to cancel the project if Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) is willing to pay RM110 million in compensation, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): The High Court will decide tomorrow on the gag order prohibiting the media from discussing the merits of the criminal charges against former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), and fix the relevant trial date.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Perak Corp Bhd's indirect 51%-owned subsidiary Animation Theme Park Sdn Bhd (ATP) has dropped plans to include DreamWorks' attractions at its Movie Animation Park Studio (MAPS) in Ipoh, Perak, after both parties failed to reach agreement to open the DreamWorks' attractions to the public by Aug 1.