Malaysia – Former PM Najib Razak will not testify in his wife Rosmah Mansor’s bribery and corruption trial at the High Court. As for Najib’s statement, Rosmah’s lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh said it corroborated what had been proved in court before. This morning, Jagjit informed the court that the defense would not summon Datuk Seri Najib as a third witness. …

Malaysia – Pro tem president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman announced that the Malaysia United Democratic Alliance (Muda) has been officially registered as a political party. The Muar MP claimed Muda was informed of its registration by email and formal letter on December 23, but because they had been busy with flood rescue work, the announcement has just been made. …

Malaysia – The Umno Supreme Council voiced “disappointment” after the Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur’s decision to maintain former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak‘s conviction for misappropriating RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd. Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said in a statement today that this was the council’s position after a meeting headed by Umno president Datuk Seri …

Malaysia – Former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin’s motion to strike out a lawsuit filed against her by the party for breaching the party bond has been dismissed by the High Court. After discovering that there were matters that could be tried in the suit filed by PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail on September 28, 2020 …

Malaysia – The Court of Appeal upheld the Sessions Court’s ruling that actor and singer Datuk Ahmad Azhar Osman, commonly known as Awie, settle RM80,000 in damages to his ex-wife Rozana Misbun for assault. Rozana launched a civil complaint against Awie in 2017 demanding damages for injuries sustained during the assaults, which she said occurred in three locations, including the …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Pengerang MP, criticized the government for attempting to appeal the High Court judgment giving automatic citizenship to children born overseas to Malaysian women with foreign husbands. The former de facto law and parliamentary affairs minister questioned why such Malaysian moms were treated differently from Malaysian dads with foreign wives in her speech discussing …

On Monday, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s plea to suspend her continuing corruption trial awaiting the outcome of her appeal against the High Court’s rejection of her request to vacate the trial proceedings will be heard. Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader, the lawyer for Rosmah, and Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib confirmed that the Court of Appeal would hear the stay …

The Commercial Crime Investigation Department of the federal police announced that it has launched a probe into the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) after former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak filed a police complaint against it. On September 9, Najib accused IRB officials of conspiring with unidentified politicians to collect RM1.7 billion in tax arrears and bankrupt him in its …

After the High Court refused to grant him leave to challenge the action of former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in advising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to suspend Parliament during the emergency period, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal, which was set to be heard on September 28. It has been confirmed by …

The 1MDB-linked forfeiture suit hearing against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 17 others has been pushed to August 30 due to a new development in the case. Deputy Public Prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin asked the High Court for an adjournment as the prosecution needed some more time after they received letters linked to the ongoing case so …