News about 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): There was an attempt to move RM139 million discreetly out of SRC International Sdn Bhd — the company central to the ongoing corruption trial involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak — in July 2014, the High Court was told today.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The application for the prosecution to gazette the notice to forfeit funds from Rayhar Travels Sdn Bhd, in relation to its alleged receipt of illicit funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd via former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's accounts to transport pilgrims to perform the umrah, will proceed on Oct 1 despite an objection made by the company.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Umno is contesting the forfeiture suit filed against it by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on funds allegedly siphoned from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Former AmBank Bhd relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping, who denied yesterday that she was a “rogue banker” who acted in concert with fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, told the High Court yesterday that she only took instructions from former SRC International Sdn Bhd chief executive officer and managing director Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, who is the mandate holder of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s  accounts with the bank.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 22): The suit filed by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) against a landowner to recover over RM6 million in relation to 94.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): In an unprecedented move, both the prosecution and former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence team  today filed separate appeals to the Court of Appeal seeking a postponement of the main 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial that is scheduled to start on Aug 19.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): The High Court today allowed the forfeiture of RM48 million from Tan Sri Low Hock Peng's bank accounts here due to his non-attendance to challenge the third party claim today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 18): The judge in the main 1MDB criminal case involving 25 charges against Datuk Seri Najib Razak has put his foot down and dismissed the application by the prosecution to postpone the trial for the third time.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) funded part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes through contributions of RM230 million from the Genting Group, with most of the amount coming from its gambling business, said the foundation's former CEO Ung Su Ling.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's Umno Pekan division and the division's education bureau chairperson Ibrahim Awang Ismail informed the High Court today that they are applying to strike out the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) forfeiture application in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds.