News about 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Former deputy finance minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan's application to strike out charges on money laundering and giving false statements to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be heard before the Sessions Court here on July 9.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): The prosecution in the government's RM27.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): The High Court has set June 24 to hear the submissions of both parties in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit tampering trial following the prosecution's application to amend the charges levelled against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and former 1MDB president and CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): The action of National Audit Department (NAD) director (governance sector) Datuk Nor Salwani Muhammad, who had recorded the Feb 24, 2016 meeting of top government officials without their knowledge, could be deemed as unethical, according to former chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): Former chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa said then 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) president and CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy did not pressure then auditor-general Tan Sri Ambrin Buang into altering the troubled fund's audit report during a meeting in February 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy has resumed today, after one member of Najib's defence team was cleared of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): The prosecution team of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) final audit report tampering trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy is seeking to amend the charge against both of the accused.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The High Court has rejected Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s (pictured) bid to postpone the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit tampering trial pending the disposal of his application to remove Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) final audit report tampering trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy has been postponed to tomorrow, as one member of Najib's defence team came down with a high fever and is undertaking Covid-19 testing.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Former attorney-general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali (pictured) has claimed that Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, as senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP) in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) cases, has a "clear mission of bias" against the former premier.