All eyes on upcoming mega infrastructure job awards in 2020
Public Investment Bank expects awards to pick up in 2020, given the mildly expansionary Budget 2020 announcement, which includes a RM56 billion allocation for development expenditure.
Arul Kanda's lawyer says no cross-examination until his client testifies
"This is to avoid a situation where our client may be put in a compromised position when he takes the witness stand," counsel Datuk N Sivananthan told the High Court today.
Witness: Najib stood to benefit from amendments in 1MDB audit report
Senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram posed questions to Saadatul Nafisah, the seventh prosecution witness in the 1MDB audit report tampering trial, following a replay of the recording of the Feb 24, 2016 meeting.
Ex-NAD audit director, Ambrin frustrated with amendments proposed for 1MDB audit report
Senior deputy public prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram asked the witness about Ambrin's demeanour after the meeting.
Sluggish property market conditions to continue in 2020 — analysts
While the KL Property Index saw a rise at the start of 2019, touching a high of 964.6 points on Feb 21, the trend turned negative for the rest of the year with the index declining to a low of 747.62 during the year.
SRC Trial: Cabinet kept in the dark about approval of second, third govt loans
The former premier said this after the prosecution referred him to the Loans Guarantee (Bodies Corporate) Act 1965, and probed him on the three loans granted by the MoF defaulting on the loans granted by Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP).
1MDB audit report tampering trial to resume next week, but for one week only — for now
The High Court has today fixed for proceedings to continue from Monday (Jan 13) to Thursday next week.
SRC trial: No evidence of bank statements being kept from Najib, says prosecution
Picking through Najib’s witness statement, which stated that Jho Low had taken steps to ensure that the statements were kept away from him, deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk V Sithambaram pointed out that there was no evidence to support the statement.
Najib surprised by MACC's revelation being so close to Kimanis by-election
"This (MACC's revelation) has never been done before in the history of our country and the timing seems to coincide with the Kimanis by-election. I will discuss this with my lawyer for now," said Najib.
Who dares to forge the PM’s signature?
He contended that his signatures could have been forged on documents that included SRC’s minutes of meetings and directors’ circular resolutions.
