{"id":2570,"date":"2023-01-01T21:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2023-01-03T16:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T08:27:37","slug":"2022-recap-in-a-nutshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/ma\/2023\/01\/01\/2022-recap-in-a-nutshell\/","title":{"rendered":"Imbas kembali 2022 secara ringkas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-Recap-Post-v2-01-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-Recap-Post-v2-01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-Recap-Post-v2-01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-Recap-Post-v2-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-Recap-Post-v2-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/old.datukdato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-Recap-Post-v2-01.png 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:80px\">LOOKING BACK AT 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In many ways, the year 2022 marks a turning point in the economic and geo-political landscape. From Russia&#8217;s war in&nbsp;Ukraine to the passing&nbsp;of Queen Elizabeth and final&nbsp;Soviet leader &#8211; Mikhail Gorbachev, to Sri Lanka&#8217;s bankruptcy to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s trip to Taiwan.<br><br>Back at home, certain events provides some solace for the average Malaysian, from&nbsp;the suspension of MySejahtera check-ins, to the imprisonment of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and the tense battle of the country&#8217;s 15th General Election, resulting in the subsequent victorious election of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the country&#8217;s 10th Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026All during a major energy crisis in Europe and a rising global inflation with the compliments of extreme weather events, notably droughts and floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, 2022 ended on a good note, as it marks the turning point of a new decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Down below is the notable events of 2022, gathered from The Edge&#8217;s Newspaper \/ Magazine Publication dated 26 Dec 2022<br>Semua hak terpelihara kepada pemilik dan pengarang artikel masing-masing.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>JANUARY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">03<\/mark> Apple Inc is the first US company to hit US$3 trillion in market value<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">06<\/mark> Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd is classified as a Practice Note 17 (PN17) company after its external auditor expressed a disclaimer of opinion on its audited financial statements for the 18-month financial period <br>ended June 30, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">13<\/mark> The Ministry of Finance has received RM341 million from KPMG, following an agreement to settle a civil suit filed by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">20<\/mark> Supermax confirms that the Canadian government had terminated its nitrile glove supply contract over allegations of forced labour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">22<\/mark> Johor&#8217;s Sultan Ibrahim lskandar dissolves the state assembly, paving the way for a state election<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">25<\/mark> Thailand decriminalizes marijuana, the first Asian country to do so<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">26<\/mark> RHB Banking Group&#8217;s managing director\/ group CEO Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli tenders his resignation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">31<\/mark> Grab Holdings Ltd completes the acquisition of a majority stake in Jaya Grocer Holdings Sdn Bhd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Febuary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">10<\/mark> The High Court dismisses Serba Dinamlk Holdings Bhd&#8217;s application for an injunction to prohibit Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd from forcing it to release EV Consulting\u00b7s fact-finding update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">10<\/mark> Air Asia Group Bhd changes its name to Capital A Bhd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">14<\/mark> Five wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sapura Energy Bhd have been served winding-up petitions from separate petitioners in relation to unpaid contract sums, settlement agreement sums and judgment sums totalling some RM47.5 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">24<\/mark> Russian forces invade Ukraine in a mass assault by land, sea and air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">24<\/mark> Brent crude hits US$105 for the first time in eight years; gold surges above US$1,900 per ounce; crude palm oil jumps past RM7,000 a tonne following the Russia-Ukraine war<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">25<\/mark> The US and European Union impose sanctions on Russian banks and oligarchs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MARCH<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">08<\/mark> Malaysia decides that borders will reopen on April 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">12<\/mark> Barisan Nasional wins in the Johor state election, achieving a two-thirds majority in the state assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">16<\/mark> The government offers a 70% stake in Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) to mobile network operators<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">16<\/mark> The government agrees to allow a special Employees Provident Fund withdrawal of RM10,000 to help contributors deal with the impact of the pandemic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">23<\/mark> The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) registers two initial exchange offering operators to promote responsible innovation in the digital space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">24<\/mark> Moscow&#8217;s stock exchange resumes partial trading nearly a month after its closure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">30<\/mark> RHB Banking Group appoints Mohd Rashid Mohamad as group managing director cum CEO, effective April 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">APRIL<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> Malaysia transitions to endemic phase<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">04<\/mark> The government agrees to restructure four highway concessionaires, namely Kesas Expressway, Smart Tunnel, Sprint Expressway and Damansara Puchong Expressway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">12<\/mark> Sri Lanka defaults on foreign debt of US$51 billion after running out of foreign exchange to import needed goods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">20<\/mark> Netflix sees first drop in subscribers for more than a decade, losing 200,000 users in 1Q<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">27<\/mark> French company Thales is charged with complicity in bribery over a 2002 sale of submarines to Malaysia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">28<\/mark> Datuk Syed Zaid Albar tenders his resignation as executive chairman of SC six months after his term was extended for three years; and he is replaced by Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">29<\/mark> Bank Negara Malaysia awards five digital banking licences to Boost-RHB, GXS Bank-Kuok Brothers YTL-SEA, .A.eon-Moneylion and KAF-led consortium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">29<\/mark> Tycoon Robert Kuok&#8217;s Pacific Carriers Ltd ceases to be a substantial shareholder of Malaysian Bulk Carriers Bhd after selling a 32% stake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">30<\/mark> Malayan Banking Bhd group president and CEO Datuk Seri Abdul Farid Alias steps down; and he is succeeded by Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MAY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> Covid-19 standard operating procedures in Malaysia are relaxed; mask-wearing outdoors is optional and MySejahtera check-in is no longer required<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> Minimum wage in Malaysia is increased to RM1,500 per month from RM1,200 previously<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">04<\/mark> John Soh Chee Wen &#8211; the alleged mastermind of the 2013 penny stock crash &#8211; and his co- conspirator Quah Su-Ling are found guilty of forced trading, price manipulation and deception<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">05<\/mark> Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lanka&#8217;s prime minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">09<\/mark> Ferdinand Marcos Jr, or &#8220;Bongbong&#8221;, wins the Philippines&#8217; presidential election<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">10<\/mark> Bank Negara raises the overnight policy rate (OPR) to 2% from 1.75%, the first hike since January 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">11<\/mark> Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd and its four top executives are given a discharge and acquittal after paying RM16 million in compounds issued by the SC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">13<\/mark> Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd buys the entire stake in specialty chemicals group Perstorp Holding AB from Financlere Foret SARL for \u20ac1.538 billion cash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">17<\/mark> MPHB Capital Bhd agrees _to sell Its 51% equity interest in MPI Generali lnsurans Bhd to Generali Asia for RM485 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">19<\/mark> Bitcoin tumbles 30% to US$31,663 after the Chinese government tells banks and other financial institutions not to accept digital coins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">19<\/mark> The government announces a halt in the export of 3.6 million chickens a month from June 1 to address the chicken shortage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">23<\/mark> US President Joe Biden launches the IndO-Pacific trade deal with 12 lndo-Pacific countries, including Malaysia, to strengthen their economies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JUNE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">03<\/mark> Fraser &amp; Neave Holdings Bhd proposes to privatise its 27.66%-owned associate Cocoaland Holdings Bhd at RM1.50 per share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">07<\/mark> IHH Healthcare Bhd divests its entire stake in IMU Health Sdn Bhd to Inbound Education Holdings Sdn Bhd for RM1.24 billion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">12<\/mark> Russia opens rebranded McDonald&#8217;s restaurants, without the signature Big Mac, after McDonald&#8217;s exits Russia in May<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">14 <\/mark>Malaysia&#8217;s retail sales record 18.3% growth in 1Q<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">15<\/mark> US Fed raises interest rates by 75bps, the largest in 28 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">16<\/mark> Microsoft Corp officially ends support for its iconic web browser Internet Explorer after 27 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JULY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">06<\/mark> Bank Negara hikes OPR by 25bps to 2.25% amid rising food and energy prices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">07<\/mark> Boris Johnson resigns as UK prime minister after losing the support of his ministers and most Conservative Lawmakers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">08<\/mark> Japan&#8217;s former prime minister Shinzo Abe dies, aged 67, after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">12<\/mark> Two Luxembourg subsidiaries of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) are seized by &#8220;heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu&#8221; over a US$14.9 billion legal dispute linked to an 1878 agreement over land in Sabah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">15<\/mark> The government is said to have rejected a RM1.5 billion offer by Low Taek Jho to settle all charges against him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">15<\/mark> Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as Sri Lanka&#8217;s new president to lead the country out of its economic crisis after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country and resigns via email<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">25<\/mark> Between 83% and 100% of creditors of Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd and four of its subsidiaries approve the scheme of arrangement proposed by the group at a court-convened meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">26<\/mark> Datuk Seri Najib Razak appoints Hisyam The Poh Teik as lead counsel in his final appeal in the SRC International Sdn Bhd graft case &#8211; which is perceived as a delaying tactic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">27<\/mark> The motion to extend the detention period of suspects under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 is passed for another five years beginning July 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">28<\/mark> The US GDP shrinks in 2Q at an annualised rate of 0.9% after falling 1.6% in 1Q, unofficially signalling a technical recession<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AUGUST<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> Malaysia agrees in principle to implement a global minimum tax of 15% on certain multinational corporations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> MRT3&#8217;s cost of construction, land acquisition and project management is estimated to be RM50.2 billion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> The declassified littoral combat ship project report reveals Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi&#8217;s personal involvement In the troubled project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">02<\/mark> US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s visit to Taiwan stirs tensions between China and the US. She is the highest ranking offical to visit in 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">04<\/mark> The Public Accounts Committee says RM1.4 billion of funds were misused in the procurement of LSC from Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">05<\/mark> The Court of Appeal reverses a landmark High Court decision that allowed citizenship to be granted to children born overseas to Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">09<\/mark> US President Joe Biden signs into law a broad competition bill that includes US$52 billion to boost the domestic semiconductor R&amp;D after the passing of the CHIPS Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">10<\/mark> Petronas agrees to pay RM50 billion in dividends to the government in FY2022, the second highest after RM54 billion in FY2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">13<\/mark> The Bank of England raises the interest rate by 50bps to 1.75%, the most in 27 years, in a bid to slow inflation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">12<\/mark> Malaysia&#8217;s GDP expands 8.9% in 2Q on strengthening domestic demand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">23<\/mark> Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is sentenced to 12 years\u00b7 jail and fined RM210 million after the Federal Court upheld the guilty verdict in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">30<\/mark> Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union and who was instrumental in ending the Cold War with the US and the West, dies at age 91<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">30<\/mark> Affin Bank Bhd completes partial disposal of its equity interests in joint ventures, AXA Affin Life Insurance and AXA Affin General Insurance, to Generali Asia NV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEPTEMBER<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> Malaysia&#8217;s retail sales grow at a record 62.5% in 2Q due to easing restrictions, Hari Raya spending and low-base effect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">01<\/mark> Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor is found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in Jail and fined RM970 million on three counts of graft in connection with the RM1.25 billion hybrid solar project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">05<\/mark> Russian President Vladimir Putin says gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not resume until Western sanctions over Ukraine are lifted, causing the euro to hit a 20-year <em>low <\/em>as gas prices surge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">06<\/mark> Liz Truss becomes Britain&#8217;s new prime minister after members of the ruling Conservative Party elect her as their new leader<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">08<\/mark> Queen Elizabeth II, Britain&#8217;s longest-reigning monarch, dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, aged 96<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">13<\/mark> <em>The Edge Malaysia&#8217;s <\/em>former editor-in-chief Ahmad Azam Mohd Aris is charged at the magistrates court for criminal defamation over two news reports on the abnormal surge in penny stocks in 2020 and 2021. 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