News about 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) will be looking for a replacement for tax lawyer Datuk DP Naban, who had acted for the board in its case against former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, a source said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): OBYU Holdings Sdn Bhd, which is owned by businessman Tan Sri Bustari Yusof, has made a preliminary objection at the High Court here against the government’s forfeiture notice on the grounds that it is defective.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): The scheduled dates for Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial set for this week have been deferred to March 2 as lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) has to attend his son's wedding.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): The High Court has fixed the trial dates for former Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali's (pictured) RM10 million defamation suit against DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): The High Court will hear submissions next week in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial to compel a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer to be interviewed before he takes the witness stand to testify in court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): The prosecution in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-linked asset forfeiture case against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and his family told the High Court here today that the prosecution wants more time for Najib and his family to examine the 263 handbags and 40 watches, which were seized by the police earlier.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Former foreign affairs minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, the sixth defence witness in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, told the court that the Cabinet was not alerted of the alleged financial assistance from the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia as it was a personal donation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom testified today that former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had made a request for donations from the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Dr Steven Strach, the document expert appointed by the defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, is currently going through the disputed exhibits containing the signatures of the former premier.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is charging Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), Tarek Obaid, Patrick Mahony for engaging in criminal conspiracy involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).