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High Court rules woman born to Hindu father was never a Muslim
SHAH ALAM: A 35-year-old woman, born to a Hindu father and a Buddhist mother who later embraced Islam, has obtained a declaration from the High Court that she was never a Muslim.
Judge Choo Kah Sing said Section 147 of the Selangor…
1MDB: Jury selection underway in ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng’s trial
NEW YORK: Jury selection began on Monday in the U.S. corruption trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of helping to launder hundreds of millions of dollars looted from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and bribing officials to…
21 individuals nabbed over submission of falsified company bank statements
ALOR STAR: A total of 21 individuals, including three women, have been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to facilitate investigations into the submission of falsified company bank statements to a waste collection…
Federal Court to hear Rosmah’s final bid to remove prosecutor Sri Ram in March
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court will hear Rosmah Mansor’s final bid to remove lawyer Gopal Sri Ram as the ad hoc prosecutor in her corruption case and to nullify the trial on March 24
Deputy public prosecutor Poh Yih Tinn said the date was…
Jobless man spared gallows for cocaine trafficking
PUTRAJAYA: A 29-year-old jobless man today escaped the gallows for trafficking in almost 2kg of cocaine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) arrival hall five years ago.
The Court of Appeal instead sentenced Makkhen Singh to 16…
How could Indira’s fugitive ex buy cars in 2015 and 2017 if he absconded in 2014? High Court slams…
IPOH, Nov 15 — The police again came under scrutiny on their improper effort to investigate and arrest M. Indira Gandhi’s ex-husband Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, and subsequently recover her youngest daughter Prasana Diksa.
High Court’s…
Nigerian died of natural causes at detention centre, says coroner
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur coroner’s court today ruled that Nigerian national Orhions Ewansiha Thomas died of natural causes while he was in the custody of immigration authorities.
Judge Mahyon Talib, acting as the coroner, said based…
Govt fails in bid to forfeit luxury items belonging to Najib, Rosmah
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today dismissed the government’s bid to forfeit luxury items seized from Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor and their children by the police after the 2018 general election.
Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said the…
Shafee attends proceedings via Zoom from New York
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah took the 'work from home' concept to another level as he attended his Court of Appeal proceedings today from New York.
The senior lawyer is there to help his son settle into school.
Clad in…
Six UPNM students escape hangman’s noose for murder of fellow cadet officer
KUALA LUMPUR: Six Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) students who were charged with murder and abetment of murder of their fellow cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain escaped the hangman's noose after the High Court today…