<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): Vestland Bhd (KL:<a href="/askedge/klse/0273" class="ce-stock" target="_blank">VLB</a>) has redesignated Datuk Liew Foo Heen and Datuk Seri Soo Sze Ching as joint group managing directors, effective immediately.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Liew, 48, was redesignated from his group managing director post, while Soo, 50, was redesignated from executive director and group CEO, according to bourse filings on Friday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>As joint managing directors, Liew will oversee the group’s building and construction segment, while Soo will oversee the infrastructure segment.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Liew co-founded core unit Vestland Resources Sdn Bhd in 2011 and has served as managing director since 2016.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He has been on the holding company Vestland’s board since its inception in 2021 and was redesignated as group managing director in March 2022.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>As for Soo, he was appointed Vestland CEO in December 2025. He joined the board as executive director in February this year.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Shares of Vestland ended one sen or 1.45% higher at 70 sen on Friday, valuing the company at RM656.23 million.</p></div>


Vestland Bhd (KL:VLB) has redesignated Datuk Liew Foo Heen and Datuk Seri Soo Sze Ching as joint group managing directors, effective immediately.

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Newly listed beverage blend maker Butterfield FB Bhd (KL:BFIELD) has announced the emergence of Datuk Ooi Eng Leong, managing director of Nationgate Holdings Bhd (KL:NATGATE), as a substantial shareholder.

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A total of 17 areas nationwide recorded air pollutant index (API) readings at unhealthy levels as of 4pm on Saturday.

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<p>DAP secretary general Anthony Loke on Saturday said he will resign as transport minister over the Pardons Board decision to allow Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the rest of his jail sentence at home.</p>


<p>China opened investigations into four online hotel and travel booking platforms over suspected practices that may undermine fair competition and merchants’ rights, extending a broader regulatory crackdown on the sector.</p>


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<p>A sukuk programme of Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) has been placed under a rating agency’s watchlist after the forced selling of its founder’s shares and as borrowings ballooned.</p>


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<p>A group of more than a dozen civil society organisations has called for immediate and full disclosure of the royal pardon for Datuk Seri Najib Razak.</p>


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<p>A large plume of smoke was visible near Riyadh's main airport on Saturday after booms were heard and Saudi Arabia sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around the capital, amid an escalation in attacks by Yemen's Houthi group.</p>


<p>The Prisons Department has not yet received an official letter notifying it of the Pardons Board’s decision on the conditional pardon for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.</p>


<p>Wanita DAP is urging the government to disclose the meeting minutes of the Pardons Board that granted the second clemency for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.</p>


<p>Denmark and Greenland on Saturday said any agreement with the US would not compromise Greenland's sovereignty, after President Donald Trump said the deal would give Washington "permanent control" over the Arctic island's security, leaving its precise scope unclear.</p>


<p>As Europe heads into winter, electricity markets are flashing their strongest warning since the energy crisis.</p>


<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) could lift European productivity by about 1% over five years, but risks widening inequality, straining power networks and increasing dependence on foreign technology unless governments deepen economic integration, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) paper said.</p>
