Jho Low drafted 1MDB FAQs denying his involvement, for Najib: Witness

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, a former aide of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, insisted that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) had prepared a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) — including a statement denying his involvement  in the sovereign wealth fund — for the former prime minister.

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Najib’s former aide agrees Jho Low acted like a ‘puppet master’

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s former special officer Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin agreed with a suggestion that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, behaved like a ‘puppet master’ who controlled those around him to do his bidding, no matter what their rank or where they were from.

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‘Cabinet agrees to remove PDP of Pan Borneo Sarawak’

KUALA LUMPUR (Spet 6): The government has decided to terminate the project delivery partner (PDP) agreement for the Sarawak portion of the Pan Borneo Highway project although nearly half of the first phase has been completed, sources close to the matter said.

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Witness: Najib wanted him to settle IPIC dispute before it became GE14 issue

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Prosecution witness Datuk Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin (pictured, left) told the High Court here today that Datuk Seri Najib Razak had in 2016 assigned him to meet Mubadala Investment Co group CEO Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak to settle the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) dispute outside the International Court of Arbitration.

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No affordable housing, no approvals

KUALA LUMPUR (Sep 3): The Selangor state government has decided to withhold the necessary approvals for developers who do not meet its affordable housing quota, in a bid to rein in defiant ones who delay the construction of affordable units in their projects.

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