News about Najib

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured), a former chief executive officer of 1Malaysia Development Bhd, admitted in court today that he was not briefed about the 5.

PUTRAJAYA (July 17): The Federal Court here had today fixed Dec 8, 2020 to hear former chief inspector Azilah Hadri's revision application to set aside his conviction and death sentence for the murder of Mongolia national Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured) admitted today that there was no written approval by former prime minister and 1MDB advisory board chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak for the state fund to offer Aabar Investment PJS Ltd (Aabar BVI) a call option to hold a 49% stake in its power assets.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): A witness conceded in court today that the approval for 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) subsidiary to acquire an independent power producer (IPP) was quickly granted prior to the 13th general election (GE13) in 2013 as Datuk Seri Najib Razak feared that a caretaker government would not be able to green-light the deal.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah relented and allowed the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial today to end earlier than usual, after reading a letter from the Dewan Rakyat Speaker requesting that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) — who is the accused in this case, and lawmaker for Pekan — be allowed to attend Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): The High Court today allowed an application by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) and Baling Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim to strike out a multimillion-ringgit suit by carpet businessman Deepak Jaikishian, his brother Rajesh and their company Carpet Raya Sdn Bhd.

PUTRAJAYA (July 16):  Two ex-soldiers convicted of platting to kidnap former Datuk Seri Najib Razak and top leaders saw their jail sentences hiked from eight years to 12 with the Federal Court allowing the prosecution’s appeal against their sentence, reported FMT today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Unlike on previous occasions, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s request today for a shorter hearing against him tomorrow to allow him to attend Parliament was rejected by the judge.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer today accused former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured) of receiving kickbacks from Goldman Sachs for arranging the bank to be the financial adviser for 1MDB's RM10.

PETALING JAYA (July 10): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is 95 years old today.