News about 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): The late Datuk Azlin Alias, who was the lead person appointed by Datuk Seri Najib Razak to manage 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), was shocked to learn about the misappropriation of RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): Datuk Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin, the former special officer to Datuk Seri Najib Razak, told the court today that the former prime minister had frequently used fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho to give instructions to his special officers.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and their two children, Umno, and Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL had today indicated to the High Court that they will stake their claims in the RM680 million 1Malaysia Development Bhd forfeiture suit against OBYU Holdings Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): The High Court here allowed an application by senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is facing charges for money laundering involving RM9.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 30): The High Court was told today that ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng and a company controlled by Low Taek Jho's father had outstanding loans with Maybank, which has appeared as a third party in the government's asset forfeiture suit against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 17 others.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 30): Shortly after 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) announced that it was acquiring Tanjong Energy Holdings Sdn Bhd for RM8.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): Six months after Datuk Seri Najib Razak was appointed Prime Minister in 2009, a new article was added to Terengganu Investment Authority Bhd's (TIA) articles of association to grant him significant control over the company, which eventually became 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): The government through the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today seized assets from former minister Datuk Hasan Malek and Akademi Pemuda in relation to a forfeiture suit to recover funds allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

This story has been updated for clarity.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has made 'unprecedented' contributions to Chinese education and was a tolerant leader when it came to racial and religion matters, the High Court was told today.