News about Datuk Seri Najib Razak

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): The involvement of fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) had to be kept under wraps, as there were people within Umno who were unhappy with his direct access to Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), the High Court was told.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi concedes before the High Court today that the beleaguered state-owned fund was not the ‘baby’ of Datuk Seri Najib Razak as its inception was not mooted by the former prime minister.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, former CEO of Terengganu Investment Authority Bhd (TIA) and then 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), agreed with the defence’s suggestion that he does not blame former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for trusting fugitive financier Low Taek Jho and Casey Tang Keng Chee, which was former 1MDB executive director of business development.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court here that he had meetings with former Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Seri Hasan Arifin after attending a PAC hearing in 2015 to be briefed on the contents of the report that was to be tabled in Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's former aide Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured left) was asked to highlight several passages that implied the bailout of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in a document that was prepared by Low Taek Jho following a meeting with China.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Prosecution witness Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured) was accused of hiding the fact that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho misrepresented himself as adviser of the Terengganu royalty.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): The Terengganu state government wanted to be out of Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) immediately after a boardroom tussle in the state fund, lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) claimed in the High Court today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (caption) has asked for an early break in today's proceedings of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial to seek treatment for his eyes following the worsening haze engulfing the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial told the High Court here yesterday that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho had bandied about several big names as possible directors and trustees for the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) and its foundation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, who participated in Low Taek Jho’s (Jho Low) top-secret 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) meetings over the years, told the High Court that he deleted his emails that transpired in 2018, containing information on the meetings’ agendas.