News by Hafiz Yatim

The date was fixed by Federal Court deputy registrar Rasidah Roslee during case management today.

Judicial Commissioner Ong Chee Kwan, who granted the extension, also fixed Nov 25 to hear the group’s sanction application to approve a scheme of arrangement.

“In his meeting with Najib, Shafee also informed the then prime minister that he needed RM9.5 million to purchase the Bukit Tunku home. Shafee told me that Najib had asked him (Shafee) to take the RM9.5 million first via two cheques of RM4.3 million and RM5.2 million. The RM9.5 million, Shafee said, was as a loan until Najib comes up with a rationalisation [for the payment],” said one of the witnesses.

A substituted service is where law firms would advertise in newspapers and place notices in the court premises

Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy are on trial over 1MDB audit report tampering charges

On Sept 9, a three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil dismissed Najib and Nazifuddin's appeal on the grounds there is no merit in the two appeals and no error in the judgement of the two High Court judges

This comes after the court deferred delivering its decision on Thursday (Sept 9).

Rantai Wawasan, which was acquired by Jamaludin in 2012, owns independent power utility NUR Power in Kulim, Kedah among several assets.

Justice Datuk Lee Swee Seng noted that the case involving opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was a 2017 case, and there had been adjournments sought by Shafee who is the intervener in this case, or his counsel Harvinderjit Singh before this

Justice Zabidin said if the eviction order is implemented, it will cause the applicants to vacate and lose their livelihood in durian farming. They have applied for a licence from the state of Pahang since or around 1961, but there has not been any response.