News by Emir Zainul

Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah: I understand that he has his duty, but I have my duty too. I say that trial continues tomorrow from 9.30am to 4.30pm with the usual lunch break.

Making the accusation during cross-examination at the 1MDB-Tanore trial in the High Court, Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohamad suggested that Shahrol had colluded with Goldman to value businessman Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan's power asset Tanjong Energy at a high price, given that the bank would be paid in terms of percentage of the deal.

On top of that, Rizal asked for a RM5 million cut for himself every year for a five-year period, which is also the duration of the project, said Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah, a business partner of Jepak.

Muhyiddin, who is Bersatu president, had applied to strike out the suit on the grounds that it is "frivolous, vexatious, scandalous and an abuse of court process" as former premier Dr Mahathir and the five others have no locus standi.

The project, which the group said is its largest ever, will entail the construction of the affordable homes on 36.6 acres of land across four sites in Shah Alam, Selangor, namely one site located in Seksyen U8 and the remaining three sites in Seksyen U17.

Shahrol: It was not something I wanted to read. The authors actually contacted me to ask what I thought about it and asked for some comments.

Responding to questions from Najib's lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Shahrol said he should not be charged and that he never made a deal with the prosecution and the MACC to testify against Najib.

Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah alluded during cross-examination today that the Directors Circular Resolution (DCR) pertaining to the conversion of 1MDB's 49% equity stake in PetroSaudi Oil Services Ltd (PSOSL), a subsidiary of PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI), into fund units was worded in such a way to make it difficult for the board members to understand the processes involved.

10 more patients recovered today, bringing total recoveries to 8,318 cases or 96.3% of overall cases.

Of the 10 new infections, four were imported cases and six were local transmissions involving four Malaysian citizens and two foreigners, said MoH director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.