Jasons Food Hall in Bangsar to shut down after 20 years
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Jasons Food Hall, an upscale supermarket owned and operated by Hong Kong's Dairy Farm International Ltd, is shutting down and moving out of Bangsar Shopping Centre (BSC).
Jho Low, Tarek Obaid, Patrick Mahony charged with criminal conspiracy, embezzlement of 1MDB funds
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is charging Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), Tarek Obaid, Patrick Mahony for engaging in criminal conspiracy involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Witness: Najib was the one who told me Saudi donation was for election
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The fourth witness in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, former Malaysian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Arab Saudi Professor Datuk Syed Omar Alsagoff, told the court that he was informed by the former premier — and not by the palace — of the purpose of the Saudi donation.
Govt guarantees cannot be 'simply' granted just because of national interest, says ex-Treasury sec-gen
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Former Treasury Secretary-General Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah (pictured), the third defence witness in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, said a government guarantee (GG) cannot be "simply" granted just because national interest is involved.
Former AmBank relationship manager instructed to expedite cash deposits into Najib's accounts
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former AmBank relationship manager Krystle Yap Wy-Sze said she was under instructions to expedite several cash deposits into ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's accounts at AmBank.
Najib again recites religious oath from witness stand, denies he took RM42m for gratification
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): For the second day in a row, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak recited a religious oath from the witness stand, denying that he had sought gratification with regard to the RM42 million, allegedly from SRC International Sdn Bhd, that was in his bank account.
Najib: Jho Low hid his tracks by ensuring my accounts were always topped up
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the court today that the RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd which found its way into his personal accounts was put there by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho to disguise the latter's own purloining of billions of ringgit from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.
Ex-AmBank manager Joanna Yu allowed to defer filing her defence in Najib's suit
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping has today been allowed by the High Court here to defer submitting her defence in the suit filed by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak until her bid to strike out the suit is heard first.
Najib: I took Saudi donations so I don't have to owe corporate donors anything
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said he had accepted a portion of the donations from the Saudi royal family between 2011 and 2014 as he did not want to rely on corporate donations to fund his party's election machinery.
Better for Attorney-General to retrieve frozen funds in Swiss bank than Husni: Najib
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the High Court here yesterday that it would have been more prudent for the then Attorney-General (AG) to retrieve RM3.
