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A Malaysian court has upheld a RM169 million asset freeze against a businessman and others in a civil case brought by the Securities Commission Malaysia concerning allegations of market misconduct.
A 60-year-old woman has been fined RM75,000 for bribing a Department of Environment officer to ignore her illegal e-waste operation in Klang. The sentence reflects heightened enforcement against environmental crimes and corruption.
Malaysia's data protection authority is investigating an unauthorised disclosure of a content creator's Maxis billing details. The telco identified the individual responsible, but the incident has prompted regulatory scrutiny and fresh warnings on data security.
Johor's Iskandar Puteri City Council has stopped operations at Network School in Forest City after discovering the company operated from unlicensed premises and violated business conditions, sparking scrutiny over its foreign connections.
The Securities Commission has charged three brothers with conducting unlicensed securities dealing operations across Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya and Johor between March and October 2019. All three have claimed trial.
A US federal judge approved Elon Musk's settlement with the SEC over delayed Twitter share disclosures, but expressed significant doubts about whether the world's richest person received unusually lenient treatment in the deal.