Petronas ex-CEO Hassan Marican retires as Sembcorp Industries director
Mohd Hassan, 68, “retired by rotation under article 94 of the company’s constitution at the 23rd AGM of the company held on April 22, 2021".
Najib defence’s claims that trial judge was 'prejudiced', 'incompetent' were uncalled for, says lead prosecutor
Datuk V Sithambaram: Based on the evidence adduced, there is no basis to say that the judge was the second prosecutor. There was no basis in calling the judge hopelessly incompetent or demonstrated incompetence. This submission is made to save the integrity of this ground of judgement, to ensure that the due administration of justice is not in any way taken.
SRC appeal: Najib himself never truly believed funds used were from Arab donations, prosecution asserts
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram pointed out that Najib did not explain why it never crossed his mind to find out how his accounts continued to have sufficient funds for his "limitless expense" despite the so-called Arab donations drying up.
SRC appeal: Defence's BlackBerry Messenger evidence incriminates Najib, says prosecution
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram said that based on the BBM messages, it could be established that Najib must have had knowledge of his finances as he had tasked Jho Low to ensure the accounts had funds for him, to gauge how much he could spend from those accounts.
Najib admitted that Nik Faisal was his 'messenger' in SRC, prosecution declares
Najib had failed to rebut that Nik Faisal was his messenger for matters relating to SRC and therefore had clear control over SRC.
SRC appeal: Najib's deferred gratification is irrelevant, says prosecution
The prosecution asserted that the evidence of his conduct had established the former prime minister's clear initial plan to swindle money from the company.
SRC appeal: Prosecution begins submissions, says Najib had personal interest in former 1MDB unit
Prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram said the fact that Najib chaired the Cabinet meetings showed that he was indeed personally involved in the decisions to grant the GGs for KWAP’s loan to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC.
Trial judge placed unwavering reliance on 'interested witness' Ahmad Husni’s testimony, says Najib’s counsel
Lawyer Farhan Read, who is part of Najib’s defence team, said the court had to take into consideration that Ahmad Husni, who testified for the prosecution, is an interested witness who may want to see the former prime minister implicated.
SRC appeal: Defence concludes submissions after six days
The defence was supposed to have ended their submissions on Thursday (April 8) in the 12-day appeal hearing set by the appellate court. However, due to the lengthy submissions, the three-member bench allowed the extension.
Defence: SRC trial judge wrong to admit minutes of meeting between Najib and Nik Faisal as evidence
A copy of the minutes was produced by Tan Sri Ismee Ismail, who said he had retrieved the document from his car.
