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This is the second time Najib was questioned by the anti-graft agency – the first was on May 24 when the former premier was questioned for more than six hours over the same issue.

Maintaining the luxury yacht would cost about RM 3 million a month, so the legal team is asking for an order for sale of the vessel. 

The 56-year-old man had purportedly accepted bribes of between RM500 to RM4,500 each time on several occasions between 2006 and 2014.

In a statement today, Equanimity (Cayman) Ltd has called the seizure as “troubling”, considering it was done despite opposition by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), which is the custodian of the yacht, pursuant to an order from the Central District of California.

It is unclear whether Najib will be questioned over new sets of charges involving troubled state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) or regarding existing charges against him in relation to funds owned by SRC International Sdn Bhd.

"The names I have in mind are all professionals, people who are involved in town planning, architects, engineers, businessmen, who are in KL.”

'If it takes up a portion of the park, definitely I will not allow it,' said Khalid.

"The federal government must study the implications of paying compensation to the concessionaire and maintenance costs based on the concession contract which still has 20 years to go.”

Introduced in 2015, the rating system aims to empower communities, to partner with the local authority to keep the neighbourhood clean.

"We are stuck because of this so we cannot re-tender the project or else we have to pay them compensation."