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Palm oil fruit bunches sit on the ground at a weighing station in Kampung Bukit Hijau before being delivered to the palm oil factory in Sungai Tengi, Kuala Kubu Bharu March 14, 2018. Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
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KLUANG, April 25 The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) through the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is in the midst of producing a new variety of oil palm tree that will grow up to 20ft only to facilitate crop harvesting.
Its Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng said although trees from the new variety will be shorter than the existing breed which could reach 40 to 50 ft, the quality of the fruit and oil produced are still the same.
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Emergency declared and other news you may have missed
Modified13 Jan 2021, 4:48 am
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KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.
1. The government has declared a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 situation. While a civilian government would be maintained, there would be no elections nor parliamentary sessions, and emergency powers may be used to commandeer private healthcare facilities and even increase penalties for SOP violations.
2. An independent committee of health experts and bipartisan lawmakers will be set up to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on when to end the emergency. Despite this, critics from various quarters are sceptical of the need for an emergency and alleged it is a bid by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to cling to power. Learn what the emergency means in this K
Bung trial: Felcra paid RM150m to Public Mutual for investment
Modified12 Jan 2021, 2:10 am
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A witness told the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that that Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Felcra) Berhad has paid RM150 million through five transactions to Public Mutual unit trusts for investment purposes.
Former Felcra investment unit finance manager Esah Abas, 62, said this in the corruption trial of Bung Moktar Radin, who was then Felcra non-executive chairperson, and his wife Zizie Ezette A Samad.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): A witness told the Sessions Court here today that that Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Felcra) Berhad has paid RM150 million through five transactions to Public Mutual unit trusts for investment purposes.
Former Felcra investment unit finance manager Esah Abas, 62, said this in the corruption trial of Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin (pictured), who was then Felcra non-executive chairman, and his wife Datin Seri Zizie Ezette A. Samad.
The 10th prosecution witness said that the payment by Felcra was made through five payment vouchers dated May 18, 2015.
“The five payment vouchers referred to me were provided by me on the instructions of Azriman Ridouan who was Felcra s credit control senior manager at that time. Vouchers are provided based on a copy of a letter to Affin Islamic Bank Berhad entitled Transfer Money from Felcra Berhad current account.