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The Malaysian government has declassified two reports regarding the RM9. thirteen billion (US$2. 04 billion) procurement of six littoral fight ships for the navy blue.
The government has paid 66. 65 per cent off the cost so far but not even one of the ships has been delivered. According to the timeline, five ships must have been delivered to the federal government by August 2022.
The declassified documents, among others, shed light on more details of the offer, including the ministers involved, the possible increase in costs and thought irregularities.
Files also revealed previous defence ministers Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Najib Razak were linked to the scandal.
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was back in the courtroom on Thurs (Aug 25) regarding his 1Malaysia Growth Berhad (1MDB) embezzlement trial. He confronts four charges of using his placement to obtain bribes, totalling RM2. 3 billion (US$513 million) in 1MDB funds, and also 21 charges of money laundering for the same funds.
This was their first appearance in public since being delivered to Kajang Prison on Tuesday, after the Federal government Court dismissed their final appeal bet in the SRC Global case.
The court went through the testimony of previous Finance Ministry senior officer Siti Zauyah Mohd Desa like a witness for the prosecution. Ms Siti Zauyah testified that she did not draft her own witness statement.
In addition to Thursday’s 1MDB trial, Najib still faces more pending court situations.
Indonesia’s latest reduction towards the prison sentence of Umar Patek, one of the masterminds behind the particular Bali bombings within 2002, means he could be released upon parole before the twentieth anniversary of the episodes.
That is a galling prospect for survivors of the bombings, which killed 202 individuals, including 88 Australians.
“Please let him serve what he or she deserves as a terror convict, not like a chicken thief who we can easily reduce, ” said survivor Thiolina Ferawati Marpaung, who was left along with permanent eye injuries.
Indonesia said Patek is quitting his extremist values after completing the deradicalisation programme. L e provides served two-thirds associated with his 20-year prison term and demonstrated progress towards reform, said a spokesperson of the Law and Human Rights Ministry office in East Java.
The Real Estate Developers’ Organization of Singapore (REDAS) will encourage its members to pay out protection bonuses to incentivise contractors with great Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) overall performance.
Senior Minister of State just for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad said that developers possess “tremendous influence” since service buyers to boost safety standards and reward contractors permanently safety performance.
There have been 34 place of work deaths to date this year. Construction workplace deaths have been trending upward after COVID-19 function stoppages, and of the particular fatalities this year, twelve cases or almost 40 per cent were from the construction sector.
The Manpower Ministry has also stepped up enforcement plus doubled fines intended for WSH infringements.