News by Hafiz Yatim

Justice Ahmad Zaidi also fixed March 2 for case management for parties to inform him of the outcome of the application at the Court of Appeal.

The recording captures a meeting on Feb 24, 2016, chaired by the then-Chief Secretary of the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa, which discusses omissions and changes to the final 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report before it was handed to the Public Accounts Committee the next month.

With this, the hearing for Lokman to answer the contempt charge on him for threatening 1MDB witness Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin and other potential witnesses has been fixed by High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah on March 13 for committal proceedings.

The plaintiffs said on July 24, 2008, they were forced to take up a Bank Rakyat loan worth RM198.9 million as a proxy on behalf of Najib and Rosmah, with their master title for 80 condominium units named 'Palazzio Tower B' as collateral to ensure due repayment.

“The irony is that the judiciary, the very institution tasked with the insurmountable obligation to defend the liberty of the people, is itself quite defenceless. It is incumbent on all the stakeholders in the justice system to support and defend the system when the institution is undermined.”

Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram: Being a loud mouth is one thing, but you must act within the confines of the law.

Justice Sequerah fixed Feb 18 and 21, March 2-6, 9-13, 19-20, 23-27, 30-31, the whole month of April, May 4, and the whole month of June until October, including Fridays until 12:30pm, with the exception of weekends and public holidays for the 1MDB-Tanore trial.

Jho Low had purportedly transferred some RM80 million to RM90 million into the former premier's accounts, according to appointed prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram, who was cross-examining Najib this morning during the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

He contended that his signatures could have been forged on documents that included SRC’s minutes of meetings and directors’ circular resolutions.

Meeriam Rosaline Edward is the companion of 82-year-old Samy Vellu, who is former MIC president.