News about Muhammad Shafee Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial has revealed that Thailand-based Country Group Securities Pcl, which was involved in the flipping of a RM5 billion Islamic medium term notes (IMTN) issued by the fund in 2009, is linked to Tan Sri Larry Low Hock Peng — the father of fugitive Low Taek Jho.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi said the initial public offering (IPO) of 1MDB Energy in 2015 could have been successful, if not for the negative publicity spread by the Opposition at the time.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s senior counsel said that the suspension of the RM5 billion Islamic medium term notes (IMTN) issuance would have negatively impacted Malaysia’s ratings, which was why the former premier had decided to go on with the issuance.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): The morning session of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial took an interesting turn as Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah cited two judgements by Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram at the Federal Court and Court of Appeal, during an oral application to dispute former 1MDB chief Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi's witness statement as hearsay.

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 Seri Najib Razak's trial on abuse of power and money laundering involving funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB-Tanore trial) has been postponed to next Tuesday as the former prime minister is on two days' medical leave due to another bout of conjunctivitis.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): The Attorney General's Chamber (AGC) will file an application for leave to appeal in the Federal Court against the decision by the Court of Appeal which granted leave to Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, to start a judicial review application to remove former federal court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram (pictured) from prosecuting the former prime minister in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured) “solely depended” on the words of his late boss Datuk Azlin Alias, as well as Low Taek Jho to act on the fugitive financier’s instructions as the civil service hierarchy’s protocol had prevented him from speaking directly to the prime minister, the High Court was told yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): The High Court here allowed an application by senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is facing charges for money laundering involving RM9.