News about Najib

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) instructed his Cabinet during a meeting in 2010 to keep mum about the "donation" from Saudi Arabia's crown prince Prince Saud Abdulaziz Al-Saud to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) charity arm Yayasan 1MDB as the prince had requested that the contribution not be announced, a prosecution witness told the High Court here today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The Sessions Court has fixed 10 days starting from July 1 for the RM15 million money-laundering trial involving Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun (pictured), a former lawyer of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd funds.

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.

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 3): The Court of Appeal (COA) today decided that former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) appeal to set aside his conviction and sentence in relation to the SRC International Sdn Bhd case is now fixed for 12 days beginning April 5, and not Feb 15 or March as was decided earlier.

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).