KUALA LUMPUR: Funds raised from a US$3bil bond issuance purportedly for the development of The Exchange TRX had ultimately been diverted into former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s bank account, says the judge hearing the 1MDB case. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now Court of Appeal judge) who heard Najib’s 1MDB case said that … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Asean-level meetings on the international job scam menace will be held under the grouping’s politics and security pillars when Malaysia assumes the chairmanship next year, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Foreign Minister Mohamad Alamin said such meetings had also been held during Indonesia and Laos’ respective tenures. ALSO READ: Low awareness makes … Read more
SINGAPORE: A married man who filmed voyeuristic videos of his wife’s niece and superimposed her face into pornographic videos was sentenced to 21 weeks’ jail on Monday (Oct 28). The 50-year-old Singaporean cannot be named due to gag orders protecting the identity of the victim, who was 23 at the time of the offences. He … Read more
KUALA TERENGGANU: A police corporal pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing a motorcycle engine at the Sessions Court here. Sinar Harian reported that the 32-year-old accused corporal who works at the Chukai Police Station, claimed trial for the charge of stealing a motorcycle engine in July. According to the charge sheet, he is … Read more
Oct 7, 2021 The police invite Ms Khan for an interview to give more details on the rape victim anecdote. Ms Loh suggests for Ms Khan to say she is not in touch with the rape victim, and suggests that Ms Khan gather accounts from other sexual assault survivors. Mr Nathan says that Ms Khan … Read more
SINGAPORE: Two Malaysian businessman who conspired with an alleged Chinese cyber criminal to buy the personal data of more than 9,300 people, believed to be stolen from gambling websites, were sentenced to 14 weeks’ jail each on Wednesday (Oct 24). Penang resident Seow Gim Shen, 42, and Selangor resident Kong Chien Hoi, 39, had pleaded … Read more
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SINGAPORE: The prosecution closed its case against Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh on the ninth day of the trial without calling its last witness, an investigation officer (IO), to the stand. In a brief hearing on Thursday (Oct 24) morning, both sides settled administrative matters, including timelines for written submissions to be made, before wrapping … Read more
A dramatic inheritance dispute involving an £800,000 ($970,000) estate has reached London’s High Court after Carry Keats, a 92-year-old pensioner from Nomansland, Wiltshire, tore up her will on her deathbed, leaving her relatives to fight over her fortune. The family feud has pitted five of Keats’ cousins against her younger sister, Josephine Oakley, over the … Read more
THE MEETING ABOUT THE LIE Mr Nathan then met with Singh and Ms Loh on Oct 12, 2021 where they discussed what to do about Ms Khan’s lie. At this meeting, Mr Nathan said Singh told them that he had a feeling that the anecdote would come up in parliament again. “He had conveyed to … Read more
“NO SLIPPERY AREA” ON AIRCRAFT While Singapore Airlines accepts that Mr Durairaj had fallen on the flight, it denied that there was a slippery area on the aircraft floor. It also denied that he had suffered his injuries because it breached its duty of care to him. The judge noted the differences in Mr Durairaj’s … Read more
