News by Timothy Achariam

The high number of cases in Sarawak marked the seventh consecutive day that it records over 3,000 cases.

Recoveries outpaced positive cases today at 21,771

A total of 21.2 million or 64.9% of the total population in the country have received their first dose and 16.9 million or 51.6% have been fully inoculated in the country.

Syed Saddiq, who initially pleaded “not guilty” to the charges in the Johor Baru Sessions Court on Aug 5, sought to transfer the two charges to the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur. 

Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah also contended that Sri Ram had also been involved in 1MDB investigations before the trial, which brings up a conflict of interest.

The witness also testified that Arul Kanda had told them about this seizure and informed them that had it not been for the raid, he would have furnished the documents.

Lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik told the High Court that 46 of the 47 criminal charges against his client should be dropped in accordance with Section 30(7) of the MACC Act.

The party, which is accused of receiving a misappropriated sum of RM16 million from SRC, claims the company had omitted material facts from the suit which are prejudicial to Umno

The apex court considered questions of law formulated by Memang Perkasa, DBKL and the longhouse residents and allowed leave for the appeal on four main points.

This brought the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to date to 1,725,357.