KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has “certain regrets” over what happened to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) that suffered losses in the billions of ringgit, the High Court here heard. The former prime minister, however, maintained he had no knowledge of the funds channelled out of the company that...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chairman Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah has failed in his bid to include six other individuals as third parties in the US$6.59bil (RM28.5bil) lawsuit filed against him by 1MDB. High Court Commissioner Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan granted the application of the six individuals to dismiss the...
KUALA LUMPUR: There has never been evidence that showed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was at AmIslamic Bank Bhd to commit the crime he is accused of, the High Court here was told. Najib's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah submitted that the prosecution never showed evidence that the former Pekan MP was...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng told the High Court on Tuesday (Aug 14) that allegations about the arrest of his son at Singapore Changi Airport four years ago, spread by blogger Papagomo, have been denied by former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador. Lim, 64, said that Abdul Hamid, on...
KUALA LUMPUR: The organiser of Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival has filed a lawsuit against British band The 1975 and all its members individually following frontman Matty Healy’s controversial incident on stage during the concert last year. In an article by an international portal Variety on Tuesday (July 30) it was reported that festival organisers Future Sound...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by the Home Ministry and four others to reinstate two provisions in the Extradition Act 1992 previously struck down by the High Court. This ruling overturned the High Court’s decision last year which ruled in favour of businessmen Ling Yang Ching and Wong Ong Hua’s suit regarding...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court had ordered political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and a few others to pay RM5mil in damages to the family of slain Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu because he had chosen not to testify under oath. High Court judge Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera ruled that the court had no choice but to...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court had ordered political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and a few others to pay RM5mil in damages to the family of slain Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu because he had chosen not to testify under oath. High Court judge Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera ruled that the court had no choice but to...
IPOH: The High Court here has fixed Aug 1 for mention, giving both the prosecution and the defence time to file written submissions regarding the bail application of a senior police officer charged with the murder of a secondary school student last year. Justice Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Preet said that he would set a...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Nenggiri assemblyman Mohd Azizi Abu Naim has failed to stop the upcoming by-election in Kelantan following the High Court's dismissal of his interim injunction application. Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain dismissed the application after hearing lengthy submissions from both parties in her chambers on Thursday (June 27). Lawyer Chetan Jethwani, who represented Parti Pribumi...
