News about Najib Razak

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): An affordable housing development project in Ayer Itam, Penang — which used up part of the US$3 billion raised by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) initially intended for the development of the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) — never saw the light of day, the High Court heard today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) is alleged to have received a total of US$971 million (RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has served an arrest warrant on a top London law firm in an effort to seize hundreds of millions of dollars – alleged to be the proceeds of a major international fraud – which it is holding on behalf of a client.

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

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 27): The Kuala Lumpur High Court has fixed Feb 15 to deliver its decision on whether former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram should be recused from leading the prosecution team in the four trials of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak that are related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 23): Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, the High Court judge who presided over Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd case that ended in a conviction, will be transferred to the High Court's civil division effective March 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): The High Court has directed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his stepson Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz to file an affidavit in reply by Feb 11, to the prosecution’s application for forfeiture items linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): The court trials involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, previously scheduled to continue this week, have all been postponed due to the reinstatement of the government-imposed movement control order (MCO) in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application to disqualify former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in his trial for alleged tampering with the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report will be heard on Jan 27 in the High Court here.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): The High Court has issued a stern warning to former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak following his Facebook postings about former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.