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Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali said the application for the impeachment was "not without merit" after hearing submissions from both sides.

"... what was the source of money you used to acquire these US$1.0 billion worth of assets that you are giving up?"

Ahmad Zahid claimed trial for all the alternative charges at the Sessions Court here today.

"We have set a relatively conservative sales target for this year. I believe that Bank Negara will cut OPR (Overnight Policy Rate) again this year. The rate cut benefited our sales last year, I hope that it will have a similar effect this year as well," said group managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San.
 
 

 
 
 

Today, the High Court allowed Najib's application for a stay of proceedings after Pua's lawyer Tan Cheng Leong and the government's lawyer said they have no objections to the application.

Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk V Sithambaram made an application for impeachment of the credibility of the witness under Section 145(1) and Section 155(c) of the Evidence Act, after questioning the witness on the contradiction relating to several Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) minutes of meeting documents, which Najib said he had signed.

On the residential property market, Savills director of Estate Agency Kevin Goh said the market  will not crash, although it has been down for nearly six years now.
 
 

 
 

He says he was just an intermediary. “I was requested to assist because of my good relationships with influential foreign businessmen and decision makers."
 

The plaintiffs are claiming special damages in the sum of RM152,707.90, general damages assessed by the court, RM30,000 damages for bereavement, among others.

Najib told the court he had next to no knowledge of the funds in his account when issuing cheques amounting to millions of ringgit.