Last week, Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah said that 24 pages out of the over 100 pages containing Mohd Hazem's witness statement were hearsay and should be inadmissible in court.

Of the 47 new cases, two were imported cases and the other 45 were local transmitted infections. Thirty-one cases were recorded in Sabah, whereby 22 cases were from the Benteng Lahad Datu (LD) cluster. Meanwhile, 13 new cases were recorded from the Tawar cluster in Kedah.

In Sabah, 44 of the new 48 cases came from the Benteng Lahad Datu cluster involving 21 foreigners, while another three cases came from a newly detected Laut cluster.

Vizione managing director Datuk Ng Aun Hooi: The difference is that Vizione is acquiring an existing and operating glove factory in a time where demand will stay high for the next two years. We have to catch this wave while it lasts as it wouldn’t be the same by 2024 or 2025.

Retail Group Malaysia (RGM) managing director Tan Hai Hsin: A very interesting development in grocery trade took place after the MCO was imposed. The pandemic actually revived the businesses of many struggling grocery retailers that had physical stores.

Director of Sunway Bhd, Sarena Cheah: “As we continue to build upon and improve how we run our current businesses in this new digital era, whatever new ventures we look at will likely be in the digital space, which is scalable and at the same time, helps us amplify our strengths and capture new markets.

This comes barely six months after the hilltop casino operator announced in March that it would be injecting US$40 million (RM174.8 million then) into Empire Resorts, via a subscription agreement for Empire Resorts' Series G Preferred Stocks.

So far, 337 individuals have been found positive under this cluster, which involves two districts — Tawau and Lahad Datu, from a total of 2,837 individuals who have been screened; 1,584 are still awaiting their test results while 916 have been found negative.

Following this hike, active cases breached the 500-mark today, with 501 active cases. The last time Malaysia recorded more active cases was on June 17 with 521 cases.

This follows the Federal Court today dismissing a stay application by former Tamparuli assemblyman Datuk Jahid @ Noordin Jahim for a stay of the state election pending the hearing of former Sabah Chief Minister (CM) Tan Sri Musa Aman's appeal over who should have been the rightful Sabah CM since May 2018.