The day's essential Malaysian news, briefed.
Najib Razak's legal team has challenged the credibility of a Kroll investigator probing US$620 million in 1MDB fund movements, arguing the investigation commenced suspiciously after the sovereign fund pursued legal action.
A Sepang court has ordered blogger Papagomo to defend himself against charges of publishing false claims about PKR MPs withdrawing support from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
A Myanmar court has sentenced the owner of Sky Villa Condominium to five years imprisonment with hard labour for the building's collapse during the Mandalay earthquake, which killed more than 200 people.
A former Melaka state civil servant has been charged with misappropriating over RM60,000 and cheating executive council members, facing seven criminal counts in the Sessions Court.