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Umno Pekan's counsel Datuk M Reza Hassan confirmed the decision with theedgemarkets.com, saying the court rejected the application as the sum was no longer in its bank account. The division is helmed by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also the Pekan Member of Parliament.

During examination-in-chief today, Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman, who is testifying against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the 1MDB-Tanore trial as the 10th prosecution witness, said he received a salary of RM93,000 a month as chief operating officer (COO) when he first joined 1MDB in August 2012. Mohd Hazem said that when he was promoted to chief executive officer (CEO) in March 2013, he received a salary of RM97,000. Furthermore, during his tenure, he received a five-month bonus in his first year when he was COO and a 10-month bonus when he was CEO.

Today, deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Mustaffa P Kunyalam is expected to finish Mohd Hazem’s reexamination before senior DPP Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram starts asking the witness several questions

The total number of active Covid-19 cases in the country stood at 668.

Avillion said it has implemented certain measures, such as offering hotel package promotions and vouchers to maintain occupancy rate, managing project costing to maintain profitability, and boosting sales from current development phases and completed properties, to improve its business, which had been impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak.

This was due to the fact that KPMG had found out that Najib, as 1MDB’s shareholder, was aware of 1MDB’s bogus investments in Brazen Sky Ltd, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands by Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), Mohd Hazem told the court during Najib's 1MDB-Tanore graft trial.

Active cases stood at 632 versus 615 reported yesterday, with six more Covid-19 patients discharged. This raised total recoveries to 9,209, representing a recovery rate of 92.4%.

The assurance was made again today by PSOSL counsel Alex Tan to Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali and Malaysia's prosecution team, after the latter expressed concern upon learning that Tarek Obaid, a Saudi national who is CEO of PSOSL’s parent PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI), had disputed the judge’s July 16 order.

"We draw your attention to the sharp rises in price and volume of your company's shares recently," Bursa said.

Rosmah’s counsel Datuk Jagjit Singh suggested that the witness had asked Jepak to pay him RM5 million per year for five years as a reward for his help in securing the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project for rural schools in Sarawak.