News about Muhammad Shafee Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) had agreed that the valuation of the assets to be injected by PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) into their 2009 joint venture (JV) would rely on the latter's representation at "face value", the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, former CEO of scandal-clad 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), told the High Court today he had truly believed what Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was doing was for the best interest of the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is not discounting a full acquital of his client Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in the SRC trial, or at least see some of the seven crimimal charges being dropped this Nov 11.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): While Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's defence team sought to question the admissibility of 70 out of 780 documents that had been tendered as evidence in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, the prosecution maintained that these should be given due consideration by the High Court here.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The defence team in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd graft trial involving RM42 million of the company's funds has argued that the prosecution must first prove that the former prime minister indeed committed the predicate offences — criminal breach of trust (CBT) — in order for the money laundering charges to stand, as the two offences are related.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's lawyer claimed today that the ex-premier did not file a police report in 2015, when he found out RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd was deposited into his account, because he wanted to avoid being accused of interfering with ongoing investigations.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The High Court was told today that the signing ceremony between Malaysia's and Saudi Arabia's heads of state for a US$2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): The lead defence counsel in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) had yesterday accused a witness of lying to Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak about a US$1 billion investment into a joint venture with PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) Article 117 in its memorandum and articles of association (M&A), which requires written approval from the prime minister before the fund can decide on a wide range of matters, was not the first provision in a government-linked company to be structured that way, according to lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 15): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak and lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah were allowed to continue to challenge the appointment of senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as prosecutor in their cases at the High Court.