KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has ordered by High Court to pay the government RM1.69 billion in additional taxes and penalties. High Court Judge Justice Datuk Ahmad Bache today stated that Najib will have to pay the amount to the IRB which also awarded RM15,000 in cost. According to the Bache, under the Income …

The High Court here today dismissed an appeal by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the other four disqualified Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) for a provisional injunction order to declare their expulsion from the group to be unlawful. The temporary complaint for injunction, which lists the expelled five and the Bersatu group itself as claimants, was lodged against party member …

Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun said today that he agreed to make the prosecution withdraw 46 corruption and money laundering charges against Tan Sri Musa Aman, as the unavailability of records from banks located in Hong Kong and the unavailability of certain witnesses indicated that it would be untenable to continue with a trial. Idrus also cited, among …

KUALA LUMPUR – Eight more individuals accused of supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were freed by the High Court today. High Court judges Collin Lawrence Sequerah and Muhammad Jamil Husin and judicial commissioners Aslam Zainuddin and Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh ordered the release of the following individuals; G.Saminathan, A. Kalaimughilan, S.Chandru, Sundram Renggan, M.Pumugan, V. Suresh Kumar. …