KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): A total of RM156,500 from money deposited in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bank account — which allegedly originated from SRC International Sdn Bhd — was used to pay for renovation and plumbing works at the former Prime Minister’s Jalan Langgak Duta home, the High Court was told yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak is a victim of fugitive financier Low Taek Jho’s (Jho Low) conspiracy, his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah claimed yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Fugitive businessman, Low Taek Jho, who is central to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal, was mentioned on the fourth day of the trial of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is accused of misappropriating RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd’s funds.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): There were at least two teams involved in the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) raid on the AmBank branch along Jalan Raja Chulan on July 6, 2015 which acquired information on bank accounts related to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and SRC International Sdn Bhd.
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).
KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak faces a three-month ban from Parliament for allegedly leaking parts of the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) white paper that was tabled at Parliament yesterday.
PUTRAJAYA (April 10): The Federal Court today unanimously dismissed ex-premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's three appeals in relation to the seven criminal breach of trust, abuse of power and money laundering charges in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): Ahead of the tabling of the White Paper on the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) in the Dewan Rakyat today, the agency lodged a police report, claiming it was cheated into signing a one-sided deal in its purchase of PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk (EHP) from Indonesia’s Rajawali Group.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): The defence team in former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s case over SRC International Sdn Bhd funds has filed a notice of motion seeking to revoke the seven charges on grounds that they are defective.