News by Hafiz Yatim

The campaigns were allegedly mounted to have the 1MDB embezzlement investigation that the US initiated in 2015 and its related forfeiture proceedings involving Jho Low and others be dropped, and to have the Chinese dissident — said to be billionaire Guo Wengui — be sent back to China.

Senior tax counsel Norhisham Ahmad said since obtaining the court's judgement on July 22, 2020 to recover the tax arrears from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the agency had waited about six months to file the bankruptcy notice on Najib, which it served him in April this year.

Last Sept 24, the Federal Court granted leave to NFCorp and chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail to appeal the Court of Appeal's decision to dismiss the defamation suit.

... over unpaid debts of RM1.502 million.

The decision was made by Court of Appeal deputy registrar Mariam Hasanah Othman following case management that was called up today.

On March 12, High Court judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin dismissed the Baling member of Parliament's application to strike out the charges against the politician as he alleges the prosecution against him was mala fide, oppressive and an abuse of court process.

This is for funds allegedly obtained by Riza and his two companies from 1MDB and its three other subsidiaries between 2011 and 2012, which are allegedly misappropriated.

It was reported on April 14 that KL High Court's Justice Datuk Noorin Badaruddin has granted leave to Dhaya Maju LTAT to commence a judicial review to seek a certiorari order to quash the government's decision to cancel the project.

Justice Datuk Lim Chong Fong, in his decision which was delivered online today, also asked Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd to vacate the site and to stop work.

On Tuesday (June 1), it was reported that Liza Chan Sow Keng recused herself from hearing 1MDB’s lawsuit against a law firm besides another case involving SRC's legal action against Datuk Seri Najib Razak and six others.