Najib’s trial Day 37: RM3.3 mln spent one day alone using Najib’s credit cards

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The High Court here today heard that two credit cards belonging to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak were used to spend RM3.3 million in one day, in De Grisogono, a Swiss luxury jeweller, in Italy in 2014. This was revealed by senior Vice-President of Ambank in charge of credit card authorisation…

Malaysia to file complaint against EU’s palm biofuel policy with WTO by November

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia will submit a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by November to challenge the European Union’s restrictions on palm biofuel. Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok said the documents related to the complaint were currently with the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). “We have already had…

Six remanded in connection with sex video allegedly involving minister

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (NNN) — Malaysian police have remanded six people for six days in connection with a sex video allegedly involving a minister. Among the six were former Santubong PKR Youth chief Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz, who had publicly claimed that he and a minister were the two…

Malaysian king meets Saudi’s king Salman

From Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil JEDDAH, July 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysian King, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Sunday had an audience with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud at the Royal Court, here. Comptroller of the Royal Household Ahmad Fadil Samsudin said during the audience both majesties among others spoke on further…

EU doubts on Italy dispelled, says Tria

MILAN, Italy, July 12 (NNN-BERNAMA-ANSA) — The European Union doubts on Italy’s commitment to respecting deficit and debt rules have been dispelled, Economy Minister Giovanni Tria told the annual general meeting of the Italian Banking Association (ABI) here on Friday. He also said that the government’s forecast of 0.2 percent…

Delegation of Korean lawmakers to visit Japan in late July over trade row

SEOUL, July 12: Briefing on Seoul-Tokyo trade dispute Presidential spokeswoman Ko Min-jung answers reporters’ questions over the ongoing trade dispute between South Korea and Japan at the presidential office in Seoul. Photo courtesy of YONHAP. SEOUL, July 12 (NNN-BERNAMA-YONHAP) — A South Korean parliamentary delegation plans to visit Japan late…

Malaysia emphasizes Asean centrality at grouping’s defence ministers’meet

By Linda Khoo BANGKOK, July 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia put forward its stand of retaining Asean Centrality as the key principle in the 10-member regional grouping’s establishment of cooperation with its dialogue partners at the 13th Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) here, Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu said Friday. The 13th ADMM concluded Thursday in this…

RM925 mln of funds related to 1MDB has been returned including from US

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A total of RM925.1 million of 1MDB-related money has been returned to the government to-date, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. In a statement today, he said the funds recovered were in various currencies of different denominations. Lim said RM805.8 million of the funds…

Pro-NK paper demands Washington come up with right proposal for nuclear talks

SEOUL, July 12 (NNN-BERNAMA-YONHAP) — A pro-North Korean newspaper said Friday that the United States should come up with a proposal that is fair and right if it wants to see progress in the denuclearization talks expected to resume soon. “North Korea is ready to take corresponding goodwill measures if…

Better laws, a media council for Malaysian journalists soon, says Minister

By Nor Hamzeela Md Hambali LONDON, July 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Minister of Communications and Multimedia Gobind Singh Deo says Malaysia will be looking into better laws and a media council soon for Malaysian journalists as part of its move to encourage more media freedom in the country. “We have to recognise…