Mediation to continue for Yeo and Jamal to settle suit

A+     A– The mediation centre of the KL Sessions Court today fixed Jan 10 for another round of discussions between the Energy, Green Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin and Sungai Besar Umno Division chief Jamal Mohd Yunos of the “Red Shirts” notoriety. Yeo had sued Jamal for defamation in June...

No settlement yet for Yeo’s RM5 million suit against Jamal

Minister Yeo Bee Yin and Red Shirts leader Jamal Yunos at the mediation session today. KUALA LUMPUR: Red Shirts leader Jamal Yunos has yet to resolve the RM5 million lawsuit filed against him by Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin. She sued Jamal last year for alleging she had abused...

Anwar’s ex-lawyer appointed DBKL advisory board member

S N Nair. PETALING JAYA: A lawyer who once represented Anwar Ibrahim in his sodomy trial has been made a member of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Advisory Board. S N Nair and eight others received their appointment letters from KL mayor and board chairman Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan. The appointments, which took effect...

Okay to spare PM’s aide despite being middleman in graft case, says lawyer

Muhammad Zahid Arip was named as the person who collected money on behalf of Isa Samad. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: The Attorney-General has the power to name anyone as witness to prove a criminal charge against an accused person, a lawyer said, after an opposition leader questioned Pakatan Harapan’s silence over the involvement of an...

Questions remain over model Ivana Smit’s death

Dutch model Ivana Smit was found dead on a balcony of a condominium in Kuala Lumpur.(Instagram pic) PETALING JAYA: A year ago today, Dutch model Ivana Smit was found dead on a balcony of a condominium in Kuala Lumpur. Her death hogged headlines after it was revealed that the 18-year-old model was found in the...

Police officer denies he was unfair in his probe into Smit’s death

Model Ivana Smit, 18, had fallen to her death from 20th-floor condo unit in KL on Dec 7 last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A family lawyer for Dutch model Ivana Smit told the inquest into her death at the Coroner’s Court here today that the investigating officer (IO) and police tasked with handling the...

I was suspicious over couple’s response to Ivana’s absence, says cop

Senior investigating officer Faizal Abdullah. KUALA LUMPUR: A police witness in the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death last year told the Coroner’s Court here today he found it suspicious that the couple who were the last people to see the Dutch model said she had left the unit where the trio were on the afternoon...

Police couldn’t detain American-Kazakh duo for long, says cop in Ivana case

Luna Almaz (left) and Alex Johnson were detained for eight days after Smit’s death. KUALA LUMPUR: A police witness told the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death last year that the couple who last saw the Dutch model alive could not be detained much longer while the authorities were awaiting the reports of various investigations. Faizal...

I didn’t see broken bottle in condo, cop tells Ivana inquest

Senior investigating officer Faizal Abdullah. KUALA LUMPUR: A police witness in the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death last year told the Coroner’s Court here today that there was no broken glass bottle when he arrived at the condo unit from which the Dutch model is believed to have fallen. Despite photos showing otherwise, Faizal Abdullah,...

Police witness at Ivana inquest defends sudden death report

Dutch model Ivana Smit’s family claims there are elements of foul play and a cover-up in her death. (instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A witness at the inquest into the death of Ivana Smit at the Coroner’s Court here disagreed today with the family’s counsel that the police were wrong in not opening an investigation paper...