• UPDATED 2.35PM | Added details on the judge's ruling and prosecution's decision to appeal.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has denied the government's bid to forfeit RM192 million in alleged 1MDB-linked funds from Umno.

Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan dismissed the forfeiture suit during open-court proceedings this morning.

Zaini ruled that the remaining money left in Umno's bank account as at May 2019 is not linked to any money allegedly deposited by its then president Najib Abdul Razak...