News by Hafiz Yatim

"He also pays income tax from this. So how can this be considered money laundering?"

The forfeiture action was initiated by the MACC in 2019 on the entities, which were part of over 40 individuals and entities named as recipients of monies from former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak

Altantuya's family — led by her father Dr Shaariibuu Setev, her mother and her two children — filed the suit in 2007, almost a year after the Mongolian was murdered atop a hill in Puncak Alam between 10pm on Oct 18 and 1am on Oct 19, 2006.

KAJ Development Sdn Bhd filed the judicial review application on Dec 4 last year, after its agreement with the Melaka government was terminated

Justice Datuk Zabidin Md Diah said the High Court cannot rule that a portion of the passage in the book The Sarawak Report: The Inside Story of the 1MDB Exposé will be the subject of a trial, while the three other passages were left out.

Riza's former lawyers who represented him in his money laundering case confirmed they are not representing Riza in the 1MDB lawsuit.

Ismee had testified against Najib in the SRC International Sdn Bhd criminal trial while Shahrol Azral and Hazem have testified in the 1MDB-Tanore trial.

Justice Abdul Karim who sat with Justice Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera and Justice Datuk Supang Lian unanimously dismissed the suggestion made by Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah to pose five questions of law to be decided by the apex court, like in the landmark decision of Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd land tax case

Justice Ahmad Fairuz also directed the company to file its reply to their defence by Sept 30, and the court will have its next case management on Oct 4

The other defendants are retained, namely former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (who was the advisor emeritus of SRC), former SRC directors Datuk Suboh Md Yasin, Datuk Mohammed Azhar Osman Khairuddin and Datuk Che Abdullah@Rashidi Che Omar, and fugitive Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil