Among them: the Court's February decision to void the 1995 sale of 51% of the historic Manila Hotel to Malaysia's Renong Overseas, on the grounds that Filipinos should be given preference.

CNN: A Supreme Lack of Faith

Mr al-Bukhary, a close friend of the prime minister's, has built an extraordinary empire in a the five years since the crisis, including Malaysia's fast-growing new container port at Tanjung Pelepas, a hotel and property group, Pernas, mining companies, power companies, palm-oil companies and much else, including a controlling stake in the Bakun dam on the island of Borneo.

ECONOMIST: The big clean-up

Cigen, its Hong Kong-registered hospitality arm, is a partner in Taj Asia, part of India's Taj hotel chain, a Tata affiliate that runs luxury resorts in the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

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