The unit was eventually used by a China national sex worker for vice, and she was nabbed during a police raid on April 14, 2020.

The tourism and hotel industry is again left helpless as various states fall into another round of MCO and this time around it came right in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan when hotels are busy preparing for the coming Hari Raya holidays and serving the once a year festival buffet for breaking fast.

In a research note today, Kenanga highlighted that by undertaking the proposal, the government gets to save on toll compensations worth RM5.3 billion over the toll concessions’ remaining tenures while also indirectly help Gamuda raise PFI (private funding initiative) equity to jump-start the intended Mass Rapid Transit 3 (MRT 3) project. 

The writ sighted by The Edge stated that in January 2019, SRC was placed under the new management under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and thereafter it discovered that the former board of directors did not take any reasonable steps on the proper use of the RM4 billion Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) loans, given in 2011 and 2012, for its general investment capacities and working capital.

Also sued are individuals including former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar, as well as former 1MDB chief executive officers (CEOs) Datuk Shahrol Ibrahim Halmi and Arul Kanda Kandasamy, among others.

Kenanga Research’s Marie Vaz raised the stock to an "outperform" and increased its TP to RM1.19 from 94 sen prior on expectations that the deal will contribute to earnings for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2022 (FY22) and beyond.

Upon completion of the proposed land purchase along with other ongoing land acquisitions in other states, Scientex’s total landbank across Johor, Melaka, Selangor, Perak, Penang and Kedah would expand from approximately 6,236 acres to around 7,200 acres. 

Various claims were made against individuals like former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, former 1MDB office bearers like Tan Sri Che Lodin Wok Kamaruddin, and former chief executive officers (CEOs) of 1MDB Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, Arul Kanda Kandasamy and Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman. 

Unfortunately, it is clear that HIDE has been poorly designed and the assumptions behind the data is misguided. Under such circumstances, not only will HIDE fail to prevent the transmission of the virus, it can create major unintended negative consequences for business, which are already hit badly from the crisis, as well as for the people’s livelihood.

"Better communication and coordination between the two Cabinet ministers, the government servants together with the affected sectors are most essential."