News by Emir Zainul

Covid-19 national death toll climbed to 958

Former deputy chief secretary to the Cabinet Tan Sri Mazidah Abdul Majid told the court this when she was being cross-examined by Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah, in response to questions about cabinet ministers' code of conduct, and how conflict of interests are dealt with when it comes to matters raised in cabinet meetings.

Former Cabinet deputy secretary-general Tan Sri Mazidah Abdul Majid, who is the prosecution's 11th witness in the 1MDB-Tanore trial, said today she attended the Cabinet meeting which Najib chaired on Sept 8, 2010.

It was revealed that by 2014, purported master conspirator Low Taek Jho had instructed Hazem to sell off the land for cash.

Although he could speak to Jho Low directly, former 1MDB chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman said he could not raise his frustrations about the acquisitions through email as he feared for his job.

As new recoveries at 3,392 today came in higher than the new infections, active cases fell slightly

This brings to 861 the number of clusters detected to date, of which 421 are active, and 440 have been declared ended, including one today.

Active cases currently stand at 48,771

Death toll rose past the 800 mark to 809 today

The highest number of infections today was reported in Selangor with 1,145 cases.