News by Hafiz Yatim

The case involves seven parcels of land measuring 2,800 acres that the company alleges were acquired at 93 sen per sq ft (psf) as assessed by a government valuer — a mere fraction of the RM5.30 psf appraisal by its valuer.

Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali also allowed the prosecution to call any rebuttal witness if needed, as provided for under Section 425 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Najib and his defence team have been harping on the calling of an Australian expert to look at the documents as Najib claims he is unsure whether the documents tendered as evidence, which are mostly photocopies, contain his signatures.
 

High Court judge Datuk Nordin Hassan fixed the date in his chambers today. The court had earlier granted permission to Kuantan residents Ismail Abu Bakar, Tan Bun Teet and G. Ponusamy to challenge the government and Cabinet's decision. Tan is chairman of non-governmental organisation Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas!

Ahmad, 54, is charged with not declaring to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) that the RM2 million via an AmBank Islamic cheque he received from former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak is from illegal proceeds.

Following this, the judge directed lawyers representing Nazifuddin and IRB to file their written submissions on the stay application.

Justice Ahmad Zaidi also fixed March 2 for case management for parties to inform him of the outcome of the application at the Court of Appeal.

The recording captures a meeting on Feb 24, 2016, chaired by the then-Chief Secretary of the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa, which discusses omissions and changes to the final 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report before it was handed to the Public Accounts Committee the next month.

"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.

With this, the hearing for Lokman to answer the contempt charge on him for threatening 1MDB witness Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin and other potential witnesses has been fixed by High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah on March 13 for committal proceedings.