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Deputy Public Prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, who is leading the prosecution team, said the trial which was supposed to start on Tuesday, June 8, has been pushed to July 12. 

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.

Mah Sing Healthcare has commenced operation at its first glove manufacturing factory in Kapar, Klang, with the first shipment of gloves delivered this month.

The approval also coincides with the Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) granted by China's government recently for the inactivated Covid-19 vaccine KCONVAC developed by the group’s strategic partner, Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co Ltd (SZKT), the group said.

Total fatalities now stand at 3,096, almost double the toll as of May 1. The virus has killed 1,575 individuals in the country over the past month.

The legal action was dropped after Federal Territories Lands and Mines Office director Datuk Muhammad Yasir Yahya reportedly said the land office committee had agreed to a 60-year extension for the Lady Superior via a letter.

However, it ruled that the Temiar Orang Asli can initiate the legal action themselves and not through the federal government.

As of yesterday, 2.1 million people received their first dose of vaccine, while 1.1 million people received their second dose.

Of the 126 deaths, 29 cases were in Selangor, 18 in Kuala Lumpur, 14 in Negeri Sembilan, 12 in Kelantan, 11 in Johor, 10 in Kedah, eight in Labuan, five in Melaka, five in Terengganu, four in Sarawak, three in Pahang, two in Sabah, two in Putrajaya, two in Perak and one in Penang.