News by Hafiz Yatim

Meeriam Rosaline's lawyer RSN Rayer said as far as his client is concerned the former senior minister's mental health is sound.

Former PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak last week filed a suit against the bank and the banker over the management of accounts under his name used to divert funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd.

It is understood that Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas signed the withdrawal of appeal on Monday.

Besides this, Meeriam Rosaline a/p Edward Paul is also seeking for Samy Vellu and his son Datuk Seri S Vell Paari to pay unpaid living costs to her amounting to RM191,107.35, which she claimed was owed to her when it was cut off since July last year.

It was previously reported last month that the prosecution failed in its application to transfer the cases from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

Yesterday, Najib as with the past three days of his defence, pinned the blame on Low Taek Jho aka Jho Low as he said he never gave authority to Jho Low to manage his AmBank accounts.

...and about RM3.28 million was spent with Swiss luxury jeweller De Grisogono in Sardinia, Italy. Najib said the jewelry were to be gifts, and it was his prerogative to spend the RM42 million that ended up in his accounts at his discretion, for the benefit of Malaysia.

Testifying in his defence on the seven charges for criminal breach of trust, abuse of power and money laundering, Najib said he wants the court to look at all the evidence, including those from himself, as a whole.

Vell Paari wants a date be fixed by the court to hold an inquiry into his father’s mental health condition and that Samy Vellu be brought before the court.

Datuk Hariharan Singh, the lawyer acting for Umno, also argued that the money claimed by the MACC has already been used up.