News about 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): The High Court has fixed a new date of Aug 19 this year to begin the hearing of 25 charges against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) for his alleged involvement in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 1): Two “Datuks” who backed Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his nine years of power told the High Court here that they each received a cheque from the former premier in February 2015.

PETALING JAYA (April 30): Equanimity’s new owners has renamed the superyacht Tranquility.

PUTRAJAYA (April 23): The Court of Appeal has deferred its decision on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) bid to disqualify former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case regarding 25 counts of money laundering and abuse of power involving RM2.

PUTRAJAYA (April 23): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has given his assurance today that the government will honour all 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related debt papers, especially those in the hands of statutory bodies like Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) debt woes are far from over as far as Malaysians are concerned.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): The joint trial for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Arul Kanda Kandasamy for the alleged tampering of 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) audit report for the financial year ending 2014 (FY14) will start on Nov 18 this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): The prosecution in the Datuk Seri Najib Razak-SRC International Sdn Bhd trial needs to prove that the former premier had "full knowledge" that funds channelled into his account came from illegitimate sources in order to prove him guilty, says his lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured second from left).

PETALING JAYA (April 15): The hearing date of the two charges against former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng will be decided on May 17.

PETALING JAYA (April 13): Bukit Aman says they have traced the money trail behind the purchase of a pink diamond, allegedly using 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds.