News about Najib

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 24): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd and Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi testified that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — touted to be the mastermind of the whole 1MDB fiasco — was indeed close to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, based on his observations of their interactions.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) was said to have been pressured into issuing the government guarantee for the RM5 billion Islamic medium term notes (IMTN), in order to meet a tight one-month deadline set by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, according to the testimony by Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, the ninth prosecution witness in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial, at the High Court yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Former Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) and later its federalised incarnation 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi described former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak as being so close with fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — better known as Jho Low — that he gave the Penang-born financier the mandate to plan and arrange the operations of the two entities.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's former aide Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured left) was asked to highlight several passages that implied the bailout of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in a document that was prepared by Low Taek Jho following a meeting with China.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): When asked about his cronies in a video posted online on Saturday, the former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said all of Malaysia were his cronies, and should go to jail with him.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 23): Former Terengganu Investment Authority and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi is expected to take the witness stand at the High Court today in the trial involving accused former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, a former aide of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said his ex-boss was still powerful and influential enough to create “instability” in his livelihood during his testimony at the High Court yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin told the High Court that he received “berpuluh ribu” (tens of thousands) in cash from former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak after he embarked on “secret missions” to Abu Dhabi and China over 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) matters in 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's former aide Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured left) has implied that the former Prime Minister may have misled the Dewan Rakyat when he said that Low Taek Jho has never worked for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).