News about 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): More dates have been fixed next year for the proceedings of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial involving former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): The High Court here has held former Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam (pictured) in contempt of court and sentenced him to one month in prison for intimidating a witness in former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its subsidiaries have amended their writ and filed a statement of claim to seek a total of US$3.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed in his bid to obtain a court order to compel the prosecution to supply him with documents relating to Goldman Sachs in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore criminal trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): The government of Malaysia, its Ministry of Finance Inc (MoF Inc), 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and various subsidiaries have filed a US$5.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said the government had received the first payment from AMMB Holdings Bhd (AmBank) of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): 1Malaysia Development Bhd and its four subsidiaries were given an extension of time by the High Court here today to serve writs of their US$8 billion suit to 15 defendants, including former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Former Malaysian Bar president Manjeet Singh Dhillon has written to Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun and Malaysian Bar president AG Kalidas about his concerns over former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram representing law firm Wong & Partners in relation to a civil suit against the firm, while he is also involved in the prosecution of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): The prosecution is not appealing the High Court's decision last month to dismiss the forfeiture of RM114 million in cash — mostly comprising foreign currencies — purportedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) that was seized during a dramatic raid at the Pavilion condominium in May 2018, shortly after the general elections.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): Senior lawyer Rosli Dahlan (pictured) has lodged a police report denying a UK-based portal's claim about his purported relationship with the judiciary, especially Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.