Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today.

1. Sarawak has made good on its threat to sue Petronas over the 5% sales tax it owes on petroleum and petroleum products.

2. A special EPF account will be set up for entitled individuals to receive incentives under the RM6.5bil Malaysia@Work initiative.

3. National Audit Department director Nor Salwani Muhammad is the one who recorded the meeting that discussed the destruction of the original 1MDB audit report.

4. Petronas Dagangan’s shares took a tumble today, as uncertainty over the US-China trade spat roiled world markets.

5. Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) suffered a 87.3% plunge in net profit in 3QFY19, no thanks to lower revenue in all segments.