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KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): 1MDB's board of directors did not conduct a background check on non-executive director Tan Sri Ong Gim Huat as he was appointed by former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the fund's former CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured) testified today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Malaysians returning from abroad will have to bear 50% of the RM150 per day quarantine cost starting June 1, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Both the prosecution and defence in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial appeared frustrated today, as High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah refused their request to have more lawyers during the proceedings.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi denied that he swept "everything under the carpet" by changing the external auditor which declined to sign off the accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): The National Security Council has developed a new set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for retailers to form guidelines for their operations after videos of shoppers flouting practices prescribed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to prevent Covid-19 infections went viral.

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PENANG (May 19):  Penang folk have been captured on video literally racing over each other to enter the Batu Uban Road Transport Department (RTD) as soon as its main gates opened yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): A joint statement today by 27 Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) members including the party’s vice-presidents and supreme council members claimed that the council during its meeting on Feb 23, 2020 decided to leave Pakatan Harapan and form a new political coalition with other parties outside Pakatan.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): The prosecution in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial told the High Court today that they intend to apply for contempt proceedings against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for comments he made about the trial being unfair.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): The defence trial of former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (pictured), who is charged with receiving bribe of RM2 million from a businessman, will resume on June 29.