Muhammad Asraf Mohamed Tahir told the press that the date was fixed by High Court deputy registrar

KUALA LUMPUR: The corruption trial involving former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who is accused of money laundering involving RM100, 000 in Johor Baru, has been transferred to the Sessions Court here.In a case mention here Friday( Sept 10), the 29-year-old Muar MP maintained his innocence and claimed trial to the two charges which were read again before Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin. Syed Saddiq was previously charged with the same offences before judge Ahmad Kam

PETALING JAYA: The Transport Ministry will conduct regular engagements with ehailing services to ensure a good partnership between the private sector and the government, says Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong.Dr Wee said he met up with Grab group chief executive officer and co-founder Anthony Tan and his team in Malaysia on Wednesday( Jan 26). However, he expressed his disappointment that the meeting could only be done remotely due to Covid-19." We exchanged some ideas on how to complement each other to mai

KUALA LUMPUR: The United Kingdom has significant experience with rail travel and has expressed interest to work with Malaysia on rail projects here, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The Transport Minister said this after receiving a courtesy call from the UK Prime Minister's trade envoy Richard Graham at his Putrajaya office on Wednesday( May 25)." I last met Richard in December last year when my Ministry was in London lobbying to re-secure our council seat during the International Maritime Orga

JOHOR BARU: The High Court here has set Nov 7 to decide on whether or not former Johor executive council member Datuk Abd Latif Bandi should defend himself against 37 corruption charges or be acquitted and released. Judge Datuk Abu Bakar Katar made the decision after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defence attorneys during appeal procedures, which lasted two days.On April 21, 2019, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission( MACC) filed an appeal against the Sessions Court's decisi

KUALA LUMPUR: Two key prosecution witnesses in the corruption case involving a former political secretary to Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu were each fined RM15, 000 by the Sessions Court here for giving contradictory statements when testifying during the trial of the case. Judge Azura Alwi meted out the fine on Zainudin Abdul Majid, 53, and Ahmad Hisham Mohd Tajuddin, 54, after they changed their plea to guilty. Both paid the fine. Zainudin was charged with two counts of giving statements that were in

KUALA LUMPUR: A company director has succeeded in compelling the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission( MACC) to furnish a fresh written statement of facts in favour of his defence in relation to a RM15mil graft case linked to securing projects from the Home Ministry in 2021. High Court judge Justice K. Muniandy allowed the revision application by Datuk Seri Sim Choo Thiam on grounds that the early disclosure of the document was warranted for the accused's right to a fair trial. Sim, 54, had made