MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said requiring foreign workers to have a valid work permit in order to be re-employed would defeat the overall purpose of redeployment.

“There will not be many foreign workers who would be able to be redeployed based on this requirement as the existing employers would only release the foreign workers after the term of their permit had expired,” he said.

Selamatkan Taman Rimba Kiara: It appears to be the next step in a quiet, creeping plan to remove all evidence and traces of the original footprint of Taman Rimba Kiara, even while the court case is still ongoing at the Court of Appeal.

Testifying at Ahmad Zahid’s corruption and money laundering trial, lawyer Muralidharan Balan Pillai, who is a partner at Messrs Lewis & Co, said he was told by Ahmad Zahid that the funds he was receiving via the cheques were for charity and religious purposes, and that the origin of the money was legitimate.

Of the 20 new cases, 13 were local transmissions while the remaining seven cases were imported

Besides the suit against Kulasegaran, Zakir has also suits against Penang chief minister II Dr P Ramasamy and several other elected representatives and a former diplomat.

MRCB Quill Management Sdn Bhd (MQM) chairman Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon said: “MQREIT’s tenants have progressively returned to their offices since the commencement of the recovery movement control order on June 9, 2020.

On Nov 24, 2017, the Sessions Court here convicted Thai and former remisier Tiong Kiong Choon of insider trading offences, according to the SC’s statement then.

Chief Statistician of Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin: The sharp decline in GDP for this quarter was due to the three phases of the MCO and CMCO (Conditional Movement Control Order) implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Malaysia. The capacity constraints due to the restriction imposed during the lockdown had affected growth in the services, manufacturing and construction sectors.

Last December, it was reported that Meeriam, 60, filed a suit at the High Court there to declare that she has been in a quasi-spousal union with the former works minister and engaged in an ala-matrimonial relationship since Aug 23, 1981.

Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ruled that Najib had failed to show how the charge against him is oppressive.