News by Tarani Palani

A government valuation property expert said that she relied on planning or zoning information gazetted by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), while the private valuer for the plaintiff of the "Duta enclave" land had made conjunctures on possible future development.

A government property valuation expert continued to testify on Thursday on how her valuation methods differed from the private valuer’s, over the long-standing "Duta enclave" land dispute.

FGV Holdings Bhd’s former chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and its former chief executive Datuk Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah wrongfully used two luxury condominium units acquired by the company, the High Court ruled on Friday.

The Sessions Court has allowed Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd director Datuk Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul Razak Shaikh's passport to be returned temporarily for him to attend work-related engagements in the US and Germany.

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow is suing business tycoon Tan Sri Tan Kok Ping over the latter's remarks, made in October last year, about a state land sale.

Dissatisfaction over a government decision alone is not the basis to take the government to court, the High Court here remarked on Thursday.

The government is seeking to strike out a lawsuit revolving around the cancellation of the RM110 billion High-Speed Rail (HSR) project between Malaysia and Singapore, on the grounds that public policy decisions are a non-justiciable matter in any court and plaintiff Mohd Hatta Sanuri has no legal right to initiate the suit.

Tan Ching Peng, 60, and Tan Siew Moi, 57, were charged with three counts of misappropriation of property amounting to RM220,000 involving Rekabina Construction Sdn Bhd in December 2020, January 2021 and September 2021. All offences were committed at Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam.

The group's revenue grew 10.73% to RM168.1 million from RM151.81 million, its bourse filing showed. Earnings per share rose to 0.81 sen from 0.37 sen. No dividend was declared.