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The Perlis Mufti has secured a RM250,000 defamation judgment after the High Court ruled against a Facebook account owner who published posts connecting him to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd.
Malaysia's High Court has clarified that lower courts cannot dismiss criminal charges or override prosecutorial decisions by citing abuse of process or prejudice concerns, reinforcing the separation of judicial powers.
Malaysia's High Court has cleared the way for pre-trial document discovery in a RM3.53 million dealership fraud dispute, determining that financial records are essential to tracking alleged fund movements across multiple entities.
A High Court judge has ruled that a Pahang-born woman cannot claim Malaysian citizenship automatically, finding she inherited her Indonesian mother's status because she failed to establish her parents' legal marriage.
A company director testified in the High Court that he would not have contributed to Bersatu without pressure from a politically connected businessman, disputing the voluntary nature of a RM19.5 million donation linked to the Jana Wibawa project.
Malaysia's Chief Judge of Malaya has led a major judicial recruitment initiative, appointing 17 new judicial commissioners in one of the largest hiring exercises in recent years to address mounting case backlogs in the High Court.
A Melaka High Court decision clarifies that incorrect e-filing classification codes do not justify striking out legal cases, allowing a family's medical negligence claim to proceed despite procedural irregularities.
A Malaysian High Court judge has upheld a 10-year prison sentence against former company executive Ooi Vin Shen, confirming the lower court's conviction on rape and blackmail charges involving a teenage victim.
A woman has been acquitted of murdering her neighbour three years ago after the High Court found her to be of unsound mind during the incident. She has been ordered detained at Hospital Bahagia.
A witness in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's High Court trial testified that property developer Nepturis Sdn Bhd issued a RM1 million cheque made out to Bersatu, raising fresh questions about corporate funding of the political party.
A finance manager at KCJ Engineering testified in the High Court that an RM800,000 political donation to Bersatu was connected to Jana Wibawa projects awarded to the engineering firm.
A High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ordered the JPJ director-general to compensate a man with RM40,000 following a legal dispute involving a proposed MADANI number plate initiative, marking a significant ruling on administrative accountability.
Malaysia has appointed 17 lawyers and judicial officers as judicial commissioners, including the daughter of a former Court of Appeal president, in a significant expansion of High Court capacity.
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The High Court has postponed former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's trial on abuse of power charges until Monday, granting an adjournment following the unexpected death of his brother-in-law.
A High Court witness testified that businessman Lian Tian Chuan, known as TC Lian, instructed subordinates to prepare correspondence to then-Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin seeking government projects under the Jana Wibawa programme.
A company director testified in the High Court that she prepared five separate letters on behalf of different companies requesting Jana Wibawa programme projects directly from former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Malaysia's Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi are pursuing legal action to reinstate a High Court decision that rejected the Malaysian Bar's judicial review application challenging a prosecutorial decision.
Former finance minister Tengku Zafrul testified that minutes issued by ex-premier Muhyiddin Yassin represented operational instructions to act, distinguishing them from formal approval directives for government projects.
The High Court heard testimony that former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin exercised no interference in the allocation of Jana Wibawa programme contracts, during proceedings involving the economic stimulus initiative.
A High Court heard testimony that an engineering firm allegedly linked to an RM800,000 Bersatu contribution obtained a RM62 million Jana Wibawa contract despite initially failing the Finance Ministry's assessment process.
Former finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz has testified in the High Court that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin proposed the appointment of 54 contractors under Jana Wibawa through direct negotiation arrangements.
A High Court judge has ordered Sin Chew Media Corporation Bhd to pay RM400,000 in damages to businessman Yeoh Ee Seong over a newspaper report that falsely suggested he orchestrated an assault on a lawyer.
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The Penang High Court has set eight trial dates in October for four men charged in connection with a high-profile murder case, resuming proceedings after an appellate court overturned an earlier acquittal verdict.
A Malaysian High Court judge has granted a domestic Mareva injunction freezing approximately RM14 million in assets belonging to the East West group, an oil palm conglomerate. The freeze aims to preserve sufficient Malaysian-based assets should investors prevail in ongoing civil proceedings.
A High Court has rejected attempts by an UMNO-linked figure and two others to postpone a RM492,480 refund order to umrah pilgrims, dismissing their application to stay execution of the payment pending their appeal proceedings.
Malaysia's High Court has dismissed an application by three former travel company directors seeking to postpone repayment of RM492,480 to umrah pilgrims whose trips were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The High Court has overturned Chegubard's acquittal in a royal insult case after allowing the prosecution's appeal, sending the matter back to the sessions court for fresh proceedings.