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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be attending his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's trial tomorrow as a show of "emotional support" when the High Court delivers its decision on whether she should be called to enter her defence over the three counts of graft she has been charged with.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Azalina Othman Said (pictured) has questioned the reasoning for the suspension of Parliament during the state of emergency, raising concerns that the legislature's functions have been "emasculated" while the executive has "free rein" over the country's affairs as a result.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Former 1MDB chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pictured) has denied being involved in the US$3 billion fundraising exercise undertaken by the state fund in 2012, contradicting an earlier statement by his predecessor Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pictured) testified today that while he was told that 1MDB was used to fund Umno, during his tenure, he had seen no such evidence of money from the government investment fund benefitting Umno or former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Despite being aware of possible elements of criminal wrongdoing in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), its former chief executive officer (CEO) said he went along with the instructions given to him by purported master conspirator Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) as the ex-CEO was fearful of then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Several 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) meetings involving senior officials were held at purported master conspirator Low Taek Jho's apartment as he could not be seen at the government fund’s office giving advice, the High Court heard today.

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 15): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's appeal to remove senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from prosecuting her has been fixed for hearing on April 8 at the Court of Appeal.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The High Court today fixed Feb 18 to deliver its decision on whether to call Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) to enter her defence with regard to three counts of graft in relation to the solar hybrid project involving 369 schools in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): The Government is confident of meeting its unemployment rate target of 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): An affordable housing development project in Ayer Itam, Penang — which used up part of the US$3 billion raised by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) initially intended for the development of the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) — never saw the light of day, the High Court heard today.