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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court was told that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was involved in the withdrawal of RM17.9mil from Yayasan Akalbudi funds for the purchase of shares as well as to be placed as fixed deposits. While showing the flow chart of the withdrawal to the court on Friday (March 5), Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer Muhammad Fazli Zulkifli, 36, explained that of the amount, RM8.6mil was paid to Ri-Yaz Assets Sdn Bhd as deposit for a share purchase with another RM9.3mil was placed as fixed deposits. "The withdrawal of money from Yayasan Akalbudi's Affin Bank account to be transferred to a Maybank account belonging to Messrs Lewis & Co (the foundation's trustee) was instructed by Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid," Muhammad Fazli said when reading his witness statement during the examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Sazilee Abdul Khairi. He said this on the 47th day of the trial of Ahmad Zahid, who is facing ... » Learn More about Zahid withdrew RM17.9mil from Yayasan Akalbudi’s bank account, witness tells court

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has been told that despite not carrying out any business activities, there were large cash withdrawals and deposits made to the bank account of a company allegedly involved in Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s corruption case. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer Mohd Zamri Abdul Rashid, 36, said his investigations found that the company, Berani & Jujur Trading, with a registered address at an apartment unit, had no employees and did not carry out any business activities. “Financially, I found the company’s account was too active with large withdrawals and deposits. According to the Companies Commission of Malaysia, the company is involved in the agriculture and textile businesses. “Further investigation and the raid on the premises (apartment) found that there was no sign of such a textile business being carried out, ” he said in reply to deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Sazilee Abdul Khairi on the 47th day of the ... » Learn More about ‘Firms that paid Zahid had no business activities’

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court was told on Thursday (March 4) that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi received two cheques valued at RM6mil from Datasonic Group Berhad (DGB) Deputy Managing Director Chew Ben Ben, which was then handed over to Messrs Lewis & Co. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Investigating Officer Mohd Hizar Farhan Abdul Razi, 32, said both cheques were handed over by Chew to Ahmad Zahid at the former deputy prime minister's official residence in Seri Satria, Putrajaya in 2017. The court had been told before this that Lewis & Co was the trustee of the Yayasan Akalbudi owned by Ahmad Zahid. Based on the 14th and 15th charge, Ahmad Zahid is alleged to have received bribes amounting to RM6mil from Chew as an inducement to appoint Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd (DTSB) to implement a five-year passport chip project, or 12.5 million chips for the Malaysian passport polycarbonate biodata page for the Immigration Department through direct ... » Learn More about MACC investigating officer: Ahmad Zahid received two cheques worth RM6mil

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court heard that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi received two cheques valued at RM6mil from Datasonic Group Bhd (DGB) deputy managing director Chew Ben Ben, which was then handed over to Messrs Lewis & Co. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer Mohd Hizar Farhan Abdul Razi, 32, said the cheques were handed over by Chew to Ahmad Zahid at the former deputy prime minister’s official residence in Seri Satria, Putrajaya, in 2017. The court had been told before this that Lewis & Co was the trustee of the Yayasan Akalbudi owned by Ahmad Zahid. Based on the 14th and 15th charge, Ahmad Zahid is alleged to have received bribes amounting to RM6mil from Chew as an inducement to appoint Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd (DTSB) to implement a five-year passport chip project or 12.5 million chips for the Malaysian passport polycarbonate biodata page for the Immigration Department through direct negotiations under the Home Ministry. Mohd ... » Learn More about MACC: Ahmad Zahid received two cheques worth RM6mil

The Central Java and Yogyakarta provincial administrations are currently mulling over closing down tourist sites in their areas during the year-end holidays to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Central Java has decided to temporarily close 84 tourist sites in the province during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. According to the Central Java Youth, Sports and Tourism Agency, 27 tourist sites have been closed in Purworejo regency, 17 in Wonogiri regency, 17 in Kudus regency, 10 in Rembang regency, nine in Jepara regency, one in Surakarta city and three in Pemalang regency. The agency’s head, Sinoeng N. Rachmadi, said the provincial administration had closed down the tourist sites to prevent widespread COVID-19 transmission during the holidays. “The policy takes on effect from Dec. 24, 2020 to Jan. 2, 2021. However, some sites will remain [closed] until Jan. 4,” Sinoeng said in Semarang on Monday, kompas.id reported. He said some of the tourist sites, such as Widuri ... » Learn More about Central Java closes tourist sites during year-end holidays

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has warned of another COVID-19 case spike following the Christmas and New Year holiday period. “Our past experience shows that the [COVID-19] infection rate goes up within 10 to 14 days after holiday periods end. "Since the New Year holiday period will end on Jan. 1 or 2, the spike might occur around Jan. 16 to 18,” the newly appointed minister said as quoted by kompas.com . Based on his observations, Budi explained that COVID-19 cases usually increased by 30 to 40 percent after a long holiday period. This was caused by the high mobility during that period, in which people were moving back and forth between places to spend the holidays. To prevent such a spike, he urged people who traveled during the Christmas and New Year period to refrain from traveling afterward. “It would be better if we spent more time working at home once we return from vacation, and refrain from mobility for the next five to 10 days,” Budi said. Read ... » Learn More about Health minister warns of new COVID-19 spike in mid-January

MANILA, Philippines –  A job searching website believes that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected over two million people in the world, would introduce changes in labor practices, especially in the use of work-from-home schemes. According to Jobstreet, more employees would push for increased benefits and for possible work-from-home methods as it appears to be a more viable option even after the various lockdowns end. “Since the implementation of community quarantine, we have already seen drastic changes in the workforce […] JobStreet.com believes there will be many changes that are bound to stick as we take on learnings from this outbreak,” a statement from the site’s management said. “Remote work is the future — and we are seeing it now more than ever. Because of the mandatory home quarantine, most companies have been forced to shift their gears and adopt digital ways,” they added. Jobstreet also sees the outbreak as an opportunity for workers to seek mandatory health ... » Learn More about Work from home seen as another new normal in post coronavirus life – JobStreet

A joint research team of Padjadjaran University (Unpad) and state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma personnel is researching two COVID-19 candidate vaccines. The research is expected to be complete in the next three years. Bio Farma’s project integration manager for research and development, Neni Nuraini, said the candidate vaccines were being developed in anticipation of another pandemic situation in the future. The research aims to develop two candidate vaccines. The first one is a wheat-based recombinant protein vaccine, while the second one, which is funded by the Indonesia Science Fund (DIPI), is a peptide-based recombinant vaccine. The wheat-based vaccine is targeted to be completed by 2022, while the peptide-based vaccine is set to finish in 2023. “Hopefully they’ll already become candidate vaccine prototypes by then,” said Neni, tempo.co reported on Tuesday, adding that the new research was separate from the Chinese-developed Sinovac vaccine. “This vaccine ... » Learn More about Unpad, Bio Farma team up in two COVID-19 candidate vaccines research