SINGAPORE: The defence completed its cross-examination of former Workers’ Party (WP) MP Raeesah Khan on Wednesday (Oct 16), having sought to put into doubt the credibility of the prosecution’s key witness.
PUTRAJAYA: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman allegedly disguised bad intentions behind 'political mileage' when ordering RM1mil to be withdrawn from Armada's bank account, the Court of Appeal was told.
PUTRAJAYA: The former chairman of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MBD) told the High Court that his testimony as a defence witness for Datuk Seri Najib Razak was only to tell the truth of what transpired in the company during his chairmanship.
PUTRAJAYA: The authorities remain unaware of the whereabouts of former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) executive director of business development Casey Tang Keng Chee, who allegedly diverted US$1bil in 1MDB funds to third parties, the High Court here heard.
SEOUL: Suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment hearings was set to conclude on Tuesday (Feb 25), with Yoon arriving to deliver his final argument late into the evening to defend his Dec 3 martial law declaration as legitimate and constitutional despite the accusations to the contrary.
SEOUL: National Intelligence Service Chief Cho Tae-yong directly refuted the testimony of his subordinate, First Deputy Director Hong Jang-won, about a note allegedly containing a list of 14 prominent politicians and outspoken critics of President Yoon Suk Yeol, whom Yoon had ordered arrested the night of his Dec. 3 martial law declaration.
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PUTRAJAYA: Three arrest warrants for alleged money laundering have been issued against Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
PETALING JAYA: Two child witnesses completed their testimonies at the Sessions Court here in the trial of the parents of autistic child Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin who are charged with neglecting the child in a manner likely to cause physical harm to him.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai finished testifying in court on Thursday (March 6) in a landmark national security trial where he stands accused of colluding with foreign forces and sedition.
SEOUL (Reuters) -A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in a short-lived martial law attempt told a court on Thursday that he wanted a broader military deployment but was overruled by President Yoon Suk Yeol.
West Kowloon Court said Lai’s team had ‘more than reasonable opportunities’ to test former Apple Daily publisher Cheung Kim-hung’s knowledge of ‘lunchbox meetings’Defence had more than two years to prepare their case after receiving sworn statements of Cheung and other witnesses
JOHOR BARU: After facing drug possession and trafficking charges for almost five years, a local couple has been discharged and acquitted by the High Court here.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here has ordered a travel agency director to enter his defence on a charge of advertising haj package services using furada visa (private haj visa) without having a valid licence from Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH).
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PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court ordered singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman to enter his defence over three drug charges he is facing.
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak had sought evidence from a United States court to bolster his defence in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial at the risk of implicating himself, the High Court told.
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here on Thursday (July 20) ordered a former Information Technology (IT) officer to enter his defence on a charge of killing Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir in a road rage incident on the North-South Expressway (PLUS) southbound four years ago.
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here has ordered a former information technology (IT) officer to enter his defence on a charge of killing a man during a road rage incident on the southbound side of the North-South Expressway four years ago.
KUALA LUMPUR: The defence in the ongoing trial of the Penang undersea tunnel project, involving former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, has been reprimanded for asking repetitive questions during the cross-examination of a key prosecution witness.