News by Timothy Achariam

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah left the Parliament today mere minutes after concluding his opening address at the inauguration of the latest Parliament term.

This particular parliamentary sitting is different as no media outlets, save for official media, are allowed to cover proceedings from inside the Dewan Rakyat due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.

"In view of the fact that Parliament has decided on the SOP to allow the May 18 sitting to proceed, and given that many activities are now allowed to commence with conditions, there is no reason for Parliament not to sit for more than the one day that was announced," the leaders of Pakatan Harapan, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) and Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) said in a joint statement.

Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah had decided that the case will resume next Thursday if Shafee and his wife Tania Scivetti tested negative for the virus.

"... after intense negotiations, both the government and NFC met in the middle, with the former agreeing to build the “export quality” slaughterhouse, albeit without a set date for completion."

Speaking after proceedings of the SRC International trial yesterday, Shafee alleged that when the MACC wiretapped Najib, it ignored due process and did not follow the adequate approval processes.

Apandi said he did not see any wrongdoing on Najib’s part as the then prime minister. This, according to him, is because Najib had no knowledge of SRC money coming into his personal account.

However, the suggestion did not come through as then attorney-general (AG) Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail was later removed from his position on July 27, 2015, about three weeks after the meeting. 

T Rajan, who took the stand as a prosecution witness in Zahid’s RM6 million graft trial today, said the cheques were issued by him to his money changer, to be cashed into Australian currency that he was going to use to buy a property for his daughter in Australia. He subsequently received around A$90,000 from the money changer.

In a tense session of the SRC International case yesterday, Latheefa testified as a defence witness to ascertain the admissibility of the recordings in court.