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 / 4 h ago Maria Chin, Sivarasa and Johari Abdul among surprising exclusions from PKR’s GE15 candidate line-up for peninsular Malaysia MALAYSIA  / 11 h ago Sprint Highway road closure, traffic diversions from tomorrow  MONEY  / 19 h agll Anwar admits it wasn’t easy dropping ‘close, loyal friends’ as GE15 candidates PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrives at a rally to announce the party's candidates for the 15th general election at Padang MPAJ Taman Kosas in Ampang October 28, 2022. — Picture by Firdaus Latif Follow us on  Instagram , subscribe to our  Telegram  channel and  browser alerts  for the latest news you need to know. By Radzi Razak Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 1:37 AM MYT AMPANG, Oct 28 — PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim admitted tonight that it had been a tough decision to drop several MPs, who have been close friends for decades, from the party’s line-up of general election (GE15) candidates. He stressed, how...

  Toggle navigation X Budget 2023 | StarESG | Urban Biodiversity | True or Not | Flood Alert | SOBA 2022 | Covid-19 Watch | Sabah & Sarawak | Do You  KUALA LUMPUR: A letter said to be from the Saudi Arabia royal family stating that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak received a cash gift of US$100mil as a recognition of his contribution to the Islamic world was presented at the Kuala Lumpur High Court. The defence in Najib’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) RM2.3bil graft trial submitted the letter yesterday, bearing the letterhead of the private office of Saud Abdulaziz Majid Al Saud, a former governor of Madinah Province and a member of House of Saud. The letter said the gift was in appreciation of Najib’s new ideas as a modern Islamic leader and also in view of the friendship the two had developed over the years. Najib’s counsel Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed read out the letter, said to be signed by the prince on Feb 1, 2011. He said the letter, among others, state...