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“We would hope that they pay more attention to addressing the economy, tackling unemployment and other pressing issues instead of fighting among themselves.”

Anwar said however, affirmative action will remain to elevate the poor and reduce inequality.

"The changes that have been implemented by the government so far are good enough. We cannot reject all the candidates. Not all of the political appointees are unreliable, if a candidate is qualified, we can consider."

The postings in question were dated on the night of July 15 and on the morning of July 17.

Gross rental income also fell 3.5% during the quarter to RM66.05 million from RM68.41 million a year ago.

The group attributed the second-quarter NPI increase to higher revenue, which was mainly contributed by higher rent and electricity income from the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur mall for the supply of electricity to the Pavilion Hotel and Pavilion Suites.

The group announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with the parties it had launched legal proceedings against.

The Government, through the IRB, filed the claim against Najib after he failed to respond to the IRB’s initial inquiry regarding additional tax assessments of RM1.47 billion in March this year, resulting in the total tax bill rising 10% or RM147 million in April, followed by a compounded 5% or RM80 million increase in May.

During cross-examination today, Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer Harvinderjit Singh asked Yu, who is the prosecution's 54th witness, whether she had shared excerpts of emails or chat logs with WSJ reporters Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, who were also the authors of Billion Dollar Whale.

At about 12:22pm, High Court deputy registrar Mahyudin Mohd Som informed the parties involved in the case of the warning by the authorities when lawyer Harvinderjit Singh was cross-examining former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping.