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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and ex-1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) president Arul Kanda Kandasamy have arrived at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court where they are scheduled to be charged with abetting in aiding to tamper the 1MDB audit report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): A controversial piece of land in Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) here that Lembaga Tabung Haji (pictured) purchased from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) three years ago is likely to be one of the underperforming assets that will be transferred to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) under the ministry of finance.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The process of electing local council members, including mayors, must not be bulldozed through, said Federal Territories minister and lawmaker for Shah Alam Khalid Samad said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The tearing down of the two surviving Highland Towers blocks has been put back to allow more study of the “structures”, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin told the Malay Mail yesterday in response to queries.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): In response to Malaysia's charge that it selectively published documents relating to its disputed Instrument Landing System procedures for Seletar Airport, Singapore's Ministry of Transport says the correspondence it released was to address media queries whether The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) had consulted its Malaysian counterparts in December last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): Residents living in the vicinity of Highland Towers (pictured) continue to ask for the surviving two blocks to be torn down, reported The Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The Malaysian Ministry of Transport (MoT) (pictured), in a statement yesterday, accused Singapore of wanting to influence public opinion with its "partial and selective" public release of documents last week over the disputed Instrument Landing System (ILS) procedures for the city-state's Seletar Airport.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): Singapore said yesterday that it is "encouraged" by Malaysia's undertaking that it would take all effective measures to de-escalate the situation on the ground over Johor Bahru Port's (pictured) limits, and handle the situation in a calm and peaceful manner.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4 Center) said it is troubled by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's statement that local council elections are off the cards on the basis that there would be racial conflict.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 10): Ex-prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak was arrested at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) HQ at around close to 11am today and was released at around 1.