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A Malaysian High Court has ruled in favour of a man who challenged the Road Transport Department's MADANI number plate initiative, awarding him RM40,000 in damages over the department's handling of the controversial proposal.
A former bank analyst has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for conducting unlicensed securities activities and illegally using professional credentials, marking a significant enforcement action by Malaysia's financial regulator.
A Teluk Intan Magistrate's Court has acquitted and discharged a lorry driver of charges related to concealing stolen cattle. The driver remains implicated in a separate dangerous driving case connected to a fatal FRU incident.
The courts will hear high-profile cases involving former Felda chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad's corruption conviction review and former army chief Tan Sri Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan's money laundering proceedings.
Malaysia's High Court has ruled that the prime minister cannot be compelled to testify in a RM30 million lawsuit, determining he is not a material witness to the case.