IRB wants Najib's son Nizar to pay RM13.1m in unpaid taxes
PETALING JAYA (Sept 27): Putrajaya is seeking RM13.
KPKT will meet dissatisfied PR1MA homebuyers
PETALING JAYA (Sept 27): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will engage with the dissatisfied buyers of 1Malaysia People’s Housing Scheme (PR1MA) homes who claim to have incurred losses owing to PR1MA's discounts and rebates of up to 30% offered to new purchasers.
Bank Negara, SC lead new committee on climate change
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Securities Commission (SC) are leading the newly-formed joint committee on climate change (JC3) to spur the Malaysian financial sector towards a low-carbon economy.
Independent body to vet project contractors, suggests JKR director
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): An independent body should be established to probe “contractors who tender for projects in order to stem corruption in public procurement”, Public Works Department (JKR) director Kamaluddin Abdul Rashid said, reported Free Malaysia Today.
Hafarizam seeks transfer of trial to High Court, cites SRC case as reason
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Umno lawyer Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun, who is facing two money laundering charges amounting to RM15 million from former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, wants his trial to be transferred to the High Court.
Shahrol says Jho Low gave him four cheques totalling US$100m from Arab princes for safekeeping
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Four cheques issued by members of the Arab royal family that were made out to Yayasan 1MDB, dated 2010 for US$25 million each but never cashed, were produced in the High Court here by the prosecution during Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial yesterday.
Jho Low, Tim Leissner 'matchmaker' for Najib and Goldman Sachs, court told
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Low Taek Jho and disgraced Goldman Sachs ex-banker Tim Leissner played “matchmaker” in the meeting between former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and Goldman Sachs’ then-chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Lloyd Craig Blankfein in 2009, the High Court was told yesterday.
Investigative audit reveals seven financial irregularities and weaknesses in LTAT
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The findings of an investigative audit into Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) unearthed significant financial irregularities and weaknesses that took place under the leadership of Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin, who stepped down as its chief executive officer in September last year.
Ex-1MDB CEO: 'I sought Jho Low’s opinion on Ananda Krishnan's power assets acquisition'
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Former 1MDB chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court today that he sought the opinion of Low Taek Jho on whether to take over T.
TRC Synergy gets go-ahead for RM293m civil servant housing project
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): After seven months, the development of 500 1Malaysia Civil Servant Housing Development (PPA1M) residential units, 316 public residential units and 20 commercial units in Precinct 18, Putrajaya, at a gross development cost (GDC) of RM292.
