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  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): The High Court today allowed former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak to call an Australian expert witness to examine 13 questionable documents.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): High Court Judge Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali is expected to deliver his ruling today on whether to grant former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's request for a handwriting expert to examine 13 purported contemperoneous documents containing his signature.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak testified in court today that although there were no solid developments following SRC International Sdn Bhd's first Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) RM2 billion loan, he had agreed to a government guarantee for second RM2 billion loan to the company.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Datuk Seri Abdul Najib Razak said he did not consult Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah when he approved the transfer of ownership of SRC International Sdn Bhd to Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) in 2012, as the decision did not have any financial implication to the government.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 21): While the property overhang in Malaysia has been on an upward trend, it is not an "economic calamity", according to property consultancy Rahim & Co International Sdn Bhd as it expects the number to be reduced over the next few years.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): The Kuala Lumpur High Court will decide tomorrow morning if an application made by the defence to bring in a handwriting expert to verify Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's signatures on several documents is to be allowed or denied in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Residential property in outskirt markets should be on the radar of property buyers and investors given the significant growth in their property transaction value and volume in recent times, said Rahim & Co International Sdn Bhd director of research Sulaiman Saheh.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's legal team today proceeded with its application in the High Court for an expert witness to be brought in to verify documents bearing the former premier's signatures which were allegedly forged.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): The prosecution in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial has questioned why the defence did not bring up the issue around the allegedly "forged" documents before the prosecution closed its case, following the defence's application to bring in a handwriting expert to verify Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's signatures on several documents.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Datuk Seri Chia Kok Teong has “emerged” as a new substantial shareholder in Vivocom International Holdings Bhd, reported The Edge Malaysia today.