‘You are like an ostrich burying its head in the sand’

  KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng lambasted opposition members of parliament (MPs) from Barisan Nasional (BN) yesterday for refusing to face the reality that 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is a mega scandal, calling them “an ostrich burying its head in the sand”.

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Bank Rakyat chairman Shukry sacked

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Tan Sri Shukry Mohd Salleh has been ousted as chairman of Bank Rakyat’s board with immediate effect, as he is allegedly involved in the tampering of the original audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) when he was the chief private secretary of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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A-G confirms 1MDB report altered

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Auditor-General (A-G) Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad has confirmed that the original audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) issued in 2016 by the National Audit Department had been altered, and that orders to tamper with the report first came from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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Joint working committee mooted to resolve Taman Rimba Kiara development

PETALING JAYA (Nov 24): The Federal Territories (FT) Ministry will talk to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP) about setting up a joint working committee with Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) residents to find a solution for a high-rise, high-density development in Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK) that has sparked outrage in the community, reported The Star.

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Putrajaya Monorail RFP to be called January 2019 – report

PETALING JAYA (Nov 24): The Transport Ministry and Putrajaya Corp, the owner of the Putrajaya Monorail project, will issue a request for proposal (RFP) in January next year, after which contractors may submit their proposals for the long-delayed rail project, a source told The Edge Malaysia.

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