“I know the ambulance chasers are coming” was the reaction from Anthony Armstrong Emery. The alleged fraudster who duped more than 100 million US dollars from an unsuspecting global public. The fake housing development on
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Malaysian ‘designer durians’ gain premium following in China
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Malaysian durians have gone beyond expectations and gained the top spot at China’s second largest shopping event, JD.com’s 618 Festival. A report by international news outlet Bloomberg showed that the
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Is it round two for Ecohouse victims? “I know the ambulance chasers are coming” was the reaction from Anthony Armstrong Emery. The alleged fraudster who duped more than 100 million US dollars from an unsuspecting
Read moreMastermind behind the Ecohouse scam finally arrested in the UAE
Below is an article from a daily newspaper published in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte titled “MPF pede extradigao de Anthony Armstrong para o Brasil” (Tribuna do Norte, November 4, 2020). I have translated
Read moreMalaysia developing own Covid-19 vaccines
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is developing vaccines for Covid-19 amid criticism over the allegedly slow pace of its vaccination drive. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said Malaysia is in the process of developing two
Read moreAsia Claim round two for IRN clients Singapore.
It’s a small world as they say. Just two months ago we reported the prestigious Novaland Investment company with its backs against the wall after completing a luxury development managed by Savills in 2018. This
Read moreMalaysia to speed up Covid-19 vaccinations as more shipments expected
Around 7.2 per cent of Malaysia’s population has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR – Seeking to reassure Malaysians amid rising Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Muhyiddin
Read more10 nabbed under fake news ordinance
Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani says the 10 had been arrested under the ordinance which defines fake news as information that ‘is wholly or partly false relating to Covid-19 or the proclamation of emergency’. PETALING JAYA:
Read moreBusiness events set for more losses on recurring MCO
Due to inability to operate, 100% of venues surveyed by BECM experienced at least a dramatic 85% decrease in total events with a minimum of 75% plunge in overall 2020 revenue by HARIZAH KAMEL / pic
Read morePM Muhyiddin unveils RM40 billion economic stimulus package as Malaysia is set to enter total lockdown
A woman wearing a face mask walks by a mural depicting Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 27, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Lim Huey Teng) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled a new economic stimulus
Read moreEconomic, social sectors to be further tightened
FMT Reporters -May 21, 2021 8:26 PM809Shares 483 108 194 23 PETALING JAYA: The government has decided to tighten restrictions for economic and social sectors during the nationwide movement control order (MCO 3.0), the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said today.
Read moreNo hiding from the pandemic for retailers
Retail Group Malaysia (RGM) managing director Tan Hai Hsin (pic) says “billions of expected retail sales revenue” during the Hari Raya festive period will be lost as a result of the latest lockdown. “This is
Read moreKit Siang: Muhyiddin must announce new economic stimulus package to alleviate hardship faced by Malaysian during MCO 3.0
Thursday, 13 May 2021 05:28 PM MYT BY KENNETH TEE Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang today urged Prime Minister
Read moreDeutsche (DB), JPMorgan (JPM) Sued by Malaysia Over 1MDB
Malaysia’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd. (1MDB) and SRC International Sdn Bhd (“SRC”) have filed lawsuits against JPMorgan Chase JPM and Deutsche Bank DB to recoup assets worth more than $23 billion. The lawsuit is related to a scandal that involves misappropriation
Read moreWhen religion and politics don’t mix
Some Malaysians may have forgotten that it was during Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s first tenure as prime minister that religion was used, with a passion, to win votes. When the Iranian Revolution swept across Iran at
Read moreHigh Court orders Jho Low’s right-hand man ‘Fat Eric’ to pay RM68m in tax arrears
–A+A KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): The High Court here had today ordered Eric Tan Kim Loong, who is also known as “Fat Eric”, to pay almost RM68 million in tax arrears from 2010 to 2013
Read moreHeads roll as ‘mind power’ egg scandal rocks China
Local authorities are investigating after a Chinese journal published a paper claiming students had been able to hatch a chick from a boiled egg.Pexels CHINA – A vocational college in China has been shut down
Read moreThe choppy waters faced in selling Jho Low’s yacht
KUALA LUMPUR: When the superyacht Equanimity was seized in Indonesian waters in 2018, many saw it as a glimmer of hope in the stormy sea of the 1MDB corruption scandal. Once the property of fugitive
Read moreLawyer hails Khairuddin as ‘trigger’ who opened up 1MDB scandal
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told today that former Batu Kawan Umno division chief Khairuddin Abu Hassan was the person who triggered the string of revelations about 1MDB which led to the downfall of
Read moreFirm implicated in meat cartel scandal charged
JOHOR BARU: A frozen food supply company director and manager, implicated in the meat cartel scandal, have been charged with abetting and possessing goods prohibited from being imported amounting to some RM640,000. LY Frozen Food
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