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DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng and his wife Betty Chew will stand trial alongside businesswoman Phang Li Koon over allegations of graft involving an RM11.6 million Penang development project. The case centres on potential abuse of power.
A lorry driver at the centre of a fatal collision involving nine FRU members has been acquitted of charges related to concealing stolen cattle in a separate matter heard at Teluk Intan Magistrate's Court.
The ongoing inquest into Zara Qairina Mahathir's death is returning to court in Kota Kinabalu, with specialist witnesses including a handwriting expert scheduled to provide testimony during the resumed proceedings.
A 44-year-old Malaysian woman has been charged with murdering an Indonesian national at a condominium in Bandar Sunsuria earlier this month, marking another case involving foreign nationals in Malaysian residential complexes.
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A gardener in Perak has been formally charged with murder in connection with the death of a contract worker discovered on a roadside in Kampung Gajah, marking another serious crime in the state's industrial areas.
A stepmother has been charged with murder following the death of a 4-year-old child in Johor Baru. Police reclassified the case after determining the child died from blunt force trauma injuries.
A Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia official has pleaded not guilty in Shah Alam Sessions Court to 158 charges alleging abuse of position for gratification totalling RM98,270,315.20 over five years.
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A Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia official has pleaded not guilty to 158 graft-related charges totalling RM98 million in Shah Alam's Sessions Court, with proceedings now moving toward trial.
A Malaysian court has noted that Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the former prime minister, demonstrated no contrition regarding his involvement in the 1MDB scandal and instead shifted responsibility to other individuals and entities.