News about Muhammad Shafee Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 24): National Audit Department (NAD) director Datuk Nor Salwani Muhammad has denied that she was conferred a datukship solely because of her role in exposing the alleged tampering of the original audit report of the scandal-hit 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial will continue today after a month’s hiatus.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who has been sentenced to 12 years’ jail and fined RM210 million in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case, is seeking to delay the hearing of his appeal against his conviction and sentence in the Court of Appeal.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial scheduled for tomorrow (Jan 4) involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been vacated due to his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's request.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): About 10 prosecution witnesses are scheduled to testify in lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's (pictured) trial, where the accused is facing two money laundering charges involving RM9.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): 1MDB chief executive office Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman's witness statement in the 1MDB-Tanore trial has been accepted for now by the High Court despite former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s team claiming that the statement was hearsay.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah has postponed his decision on the admissibility of former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman's witness statement in the 1MDB-Tanore trial to Thursday (Sept 10), to hear further submission from the defence.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Unlike on previous occasions, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s request today for a shorter hearing against him tomorrow to allow him to attend Parliament was rejected by the judge.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi had previously told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that Article 117 was never invoked, defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah pointed out today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) final audit report tampering trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy has been postponed to tomorrow, as one member of Najib's defence team came down with a high fever and is undertaking Covid-19 testing.