Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told the press that Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah allowed an application by the defence to postpone the trial, which was previously slated for Feb 18 and 21.
"This project was given through direct negotiations and needed to be processed by the Government Procurement Division of the Finance Ministry."
Should the talks fail, Laura Ashley said it will be “considering all options” but denied reports that MUI was planning an immediate cash injection into the group.
In July last year, Mohamed Apandi filed the defamation suit via his lawyers over an article which accused the former AG of aiding and abetting in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal.
DPP Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram: How did you act on the minutes?
Former education minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid: I must do the task immediately.
MACC investigator assistant commissioner Mohd Nasharudin Amir, who was the investigating officer in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1MDB case, was slated to be the seventh witness for the defence in this trial. However, this morning lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah had informed Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali that the witness was uncooperative and had declined to be interviewed by the defence prior to taking the stand.
Former education ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad (pictured), the sixth witness in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s graft trial.
The items were seized by the police after the 14th General Election, when Najib's coalition Barisan Nasional lost.
MoH revealed in the press statement today that the two cases are both Chinese nationals.
The amount due — which has yet to take into account a 5% annual interest from June 2018 and costs of RM10,000 that Dolomite was also ordered to pay — is bigger than the quarry operator turned property developer's current market capitalisation of RM31.34 million.
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