KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior superintendent told the High Court that four countries did not cooperate when she applied to record conversations of bank witnesses in connection with the investigation into corruption and money laundering involving RM2.3bil of funds belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), which is linked to Datuk Seri Najib...
SINGAPORE: Two lawyers have been found guilty of attempting to obstruct the course of justice after a trial. Lawyer Wee Hong Shern had sent another lawyer, Ong Peng Boon, who was then his direct supervisor, a text message relating to contraband cigarettes in May 2019. After that, Ong forwarded it to a third man, identified as Tan...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) general counsel Jasmine Loo Ai Swan told the High Court here on Tuesday (Feb 13) that she once worked at UBG Berhad, a company owned by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, with a monthly salary of about RM45,000, including vehicle allowance, fuel allowance, and travel...
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of China's property giant Evergrande, but the firm said it would continue to operate in a case that has become a symbol of the nation's deepening economic woes. Once China's biggest real estate firm, its astronomical debt of more than S$300 billion had become emblematic...
JOHOR BARU: A petrol station owner pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to two charges of allowing a foreign-registered vehicle to fill up 500 litres of diesel last year. Soraya Md Tamyes, 38, claimed trial after the charges were read out in front of Judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim on Monday...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): The United Nations' top court stopped short on Friday (Jan 26) of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza in a case accusing Israel of genocide in the tiny coastal enclave, but demanded that Israel try to limit deaths and damage caused by its military offensive there. South Africa brought the case, which goes...
PETALING JAYA: Police in Kemaman have arrested and remanded the mother of a 16-year-old who had claimed she was raped by an 18-year-old labourer earlier this month and that her stepfather was also involved. Magistrate Sharifah Amirda Shasha Amir Sharifuddin allowed an application by the police to remand the 43-year-old woman for seven days from Sunday...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former administrative assistant of a college was sentenced to a total of six years in prison and fined RM90,000 by the Sessions Court here Friday (Jan 19) after she was found guilty on charges of trafficking a 13-month-old baby boy and using forged documents to register the baby's birth four years ago. Judge...
KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (pic), who is facing two sedition charges, has applied to transfer his case from the Selayang Sessions Court to the Shah Alam High Court. Lawyer Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud, representing Muhammad Sanusi, said the application was filed yesterday (Jan 15) and was submitted to the...
PUTRAJAYA: The judiciary has been unjustly painted as a villain following the withdrawal of several criminal cases, although it was the Public Prosecutor that made the decision to drop the cases. Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said the judiciary had been chastised for making consequential orders following the withdrawal of criminal cases, causing public...
