KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — The High Court here today was told that with the passing of the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 in Dewan Rakyat last week, vendors are now forbidden from selling smoking products including vape and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) to minors.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The High Court was informed today that the Malaysian government and four others did not commit any public office misfeasance when they decided to suspend and terminate the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed ​​Rail (HSR) project.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The Melaka High Court yesterday increased the prison sentence against a former assistant engineer at the Royal Malaysian Police Technical College (PDRM) in Bakri, Johor, from 14 years to 37 years on eight charges of accepting bribes amounting to over RM400,000 involving works at the college.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd today withdrew its applications for a judicial review of the government’s decision over its operating licence conditions that prohibit the import and processing of lanthanide concentrate after January 1, 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The High Court here has found Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman guilty of four charges of abetting in criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of property and money laundering in connection to Angkatan Bersatu Anak Muda (Armada) funds.

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 26 — Two friends were relieved to have escaped the noose today after the High Court acquitted and discharged them for drug trafficking.

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 26 — The High Court sentenced a tiler to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane today after he pleaded guilty to trafficking 1.024 kg of cannabis four years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Fifteen investors have filed a civil suit against businessman Goh Hwan Hua and four companies over their alleged failure to pay RM8 million in monthly redemption value sums from the investors' outlay.

SHAH ALAM, Oct 18 — A man escaped the death penalty when the High Court sentenced him to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane today after being found guilty of drug trafficking three years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — Datuk Kenny Goh Chee Keong's defamation suit against Muhammad Roslin Hashim was settled after the country's former men's singles shuttler apologised to the secretary-general of the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) in the High Court today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has objected to Bersatu’s application for leave to initiate a judicial review against Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Johari Abdul and four MPs from Sabah.

SEREMBAN, Aug 18 — A former factory worker was sentenced to 38 years in jail and 17 strokes of rotan by the High Court today, after being found guilty of murdering his brother-in-law and injuring another man seven years ago.

SEREMBAN, Aug 18 — Two friends were sentenced to 30 years in jail and 12 strokes of the rotan each by the High Court today for trafficking 768.9 grammes of methamphetamine five years ago.

IPOH, July 26 — An elderly man escaped the gallows when the High Court sentenced him to 38 years in prison today, after finding him guilty of murdering his 77-year-old neighbour three years ago.

JOHOR BAHRU, July 12 — The High Court today has ruled the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) can apply for remand under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), while conducting investigations under the MACC Act 2009.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — The High Court here has fixed Oct 12 to hear Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali’s appeal against her conviction and 12-year jail sentence for neglecting and abusing a teenage girl with Down's Syndrome known as Bella.

BUTTERWORTH, July 12 — The High Court today upheld the decision of the Sessions Court to acquit and free a former principal of a secondary school on four counts of committing physical sexual assault against four male students in 2018.

PUTRAJAYA, July 11 — The Court of Appeal has fixed August 11 to decide on Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal to disqualify two lawyers from Messrs Tommy Thomas from representing former attorney-general (AG) Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in the former prime minister’s RM1.9 million lawsuit.

KOTA BHARU, July 11 — A Thai woman escaped the gallows after the High Court here acquitted and discharged her of trafficking 86.8 grammes of methamphetamine in 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — The High Court today upheld the one-day jail sentence and RM100,000 fine handed down by the Sessions Court to a director of CTB Solutions Sdn Bhd, for failing to attend an investigation by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) six years ago under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.