Irwan fails in bid to involve six individuals as third parties in 1MDB suit

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...

Najib’s 1MDB charge defective, court told

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...

Former IGP confirmed my son was not arrested in Singapore, Guan Eng tells court

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...

Good Vibes Festival organiser sues The 1975, band members in UK courts

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...

Three-judge panel rules two sections of Extradition Act as valid

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...

Court rules Razak Baginda ‘complicit’ in Altantuya’s murder

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...

Court rules Razak Baginda ‘complicit’ in Altantuya’s murder

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...

High Court sets Aug 1 for mention in bail application of cop charged with murdering teen

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...

Court allows Nenggiri by-election to proceed

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...

High Court dismisses Dr Mahathir’s RCI judicial review application

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's application to initiate judicial review proceedings for the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge. Among others, the former Prime Minister has asked for the RCI proceedings to be open to the public. Judge Datuk Amarjeet Singh also dismissed...