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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Lawyers representing prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has today sent a letter of demand (LOD) to Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi over a Facebook post he made titled “Kuarantin pun ada dua darjat” (two classes of quarantine) which is deemed defamatory.

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 16): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) is appealing the High Court’s rejection of his application to recuse former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in four of the former premier's trials related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Leveraging its strong partnership network, MyTOWN Shopping Centre (pictured) has renewed over 80% of the tenants and utilising the 2020 first term expiries to make key changes to its pool of tenants in order to further align consumer priorities and preferences to relevant offers of its core customer segment.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 16): Emerging opportunities for industrial real estate in Asia-Pacific, particularly in port infrastructure, have changed the overall landscape, according to Knight Frank.

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 15): AmBank Group Research said looking into 2021, the economy should recover, supported by improving global gross domestic product (GDP) and trade, stimulus measures, the Covid-19 pandemic’s containment and deployment of vaccines that will boost both consumer and business sentiments.