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Of the three new cases today, two were local transmissions involving foreigners while one was a Malaysian who was infected while overseas, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

“The Immigration Department is taking another look at the process. The ministry is also involved in the study and we’re targeting to get everything done by December.”

"The rejection rate of the previous batches was less than 10%, with strict filtration being done before the submission. This has never happened before, since 2006 when the MM2H programme was started.”

“Although Singapore has dropped very slightly in the global rankings while three Japanese cities (Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya) have edged above it, Singapore remains an expensive location for overseas workers to be based in.”

“Khazanah has shown resilience and tenacity in these trying times to achieve significant progress in delivering on its mandate to grow Malaysia’s long-term wealth.

“It is these characteristics that will also enable us as a country to overcome the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.”

Some of the “items targeted in the latest lawsuits” are US$6 million Warhol “Campbell’s Soup Can” painting and a $10 million work by Claude Monet.

During the case management today, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) gave its assurance that CIMB Bank should be able to release Umno's funds without fearing any legal repercussions from the commission.

The suit by YHA Travel and Tours (M) Sdn Bhd was filed at the Sessions Court here on Nov 2 last year, through Messrs Fong Yap & Gan, on the grounds that Azmin, who is Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry, owes the travel agency for bills incurred by trips including his much-publicised Sandakan visit during the by-election there last year.

Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud: Only applications (for visa holders) to return to Malaysia will still go through the tourism, arts and culture ministry.

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