The day's essential Malaysian news, briefed.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak's legal team intensified scrutiny of the investigating authorities' methodology in the 1MDB scandal, questioning how a missing US$620 million was traced during the high-profile fraud trial.
Malaysia's apex court has confirmed that a key prosecution witness in Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman's case may have experienced improper pressure during MACC investigations, validating earlier appellate findings.
Indonesia's Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced Gojek founder and former education minister Nadiem Makarim to 10 years imprisonment over a pandemic-era school laptop procurement scheme, ending a high-profile corruption trial.
The Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by Lim Guan Eng and a businesswoman to overturn charges, requiring them to proceed to trial on corruption-related allegations that have drawn intense political scrutiny.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application to strike out charges against DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew and businesswoman Phang Li Koon. The three now face trial on corruption and money laundering allegations.