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“It is the fundamental right of every Malaysian to live, work and prosper in a corruption-free society," said Latheefa. 

Mohd Shukri's contract was supposed to end on May 17, 2020.

Defence counsel Harvinderjit Singh, during his cross-examination of former KWAP chief executive officer Datuk Azian Mohd Noh, suggested that none of the personnel in the civil servants' retirement fund were pressured to approve the first RM2 billion loan to SRC.

“He was very upset, and I apologised to him." 

“For example, to buy PLUS Highway, the Government has to fork out RM30 billion. To spend this amount, it is better for us to spend it on reducing our debt burden. So, at this juncture, we have not decided yet on what we're supposed to do in relation to toll,” said Dr Mahathir.

Amirah, the 34th prosecution witness, insisted that she had willingly said in her statement that the two RM2 billion loans to SRC was amongst the largest she had seen during her tenure in KWAP. "I wanted to put this," she said, before Harvinderjit ended his cross-examination.

Halijah verified a total of 16 transactions involving the above-mentioned parties over eight days — in July, August, December 2014, and January 2015.

 

The forfeiture action is against assets said to be from funds illegally gained from 1MDB. 

Amirul said he had recommended that the SRC loan be capped at RM1 billion, versus the initial requested amount of RM3.95 billion, in order to mitigate the repayment risk.

"Throughout my experience in my service in KWAP, both of the loans to SRC amounting to RM4 billion was amongst the largest I have seen approved by KWAP," Amirul Imran told the High Court today.