News about SRC International

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): The diversion of US$700 million to Good Star Ltd — a company linked to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — instead of the joint venture company set up between 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI), was apparently known to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, said a former 1MDB chief executive.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) former chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi admitted today that he was the person referred to as "1MDB Officer 2" in 1MDB-linked lawsuits filed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) in 2016.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 25): The scale of the ongoing fallout from the 1MDB scandal has pushed Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, former CEO of scandal-clad 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), told the High Court today he had truly believed what Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was doing was for the best interest of the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has filed a motion to compel the prosecution in the 1MDB-Tanore trial to hand over documents it obtained from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) vide a pendrive from former PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) employee Xavier Andre Justo.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is not discounting a full acquital of his client Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in the SRC trial, or at least see some of the seven crimimal charges being dropped this Nov 11.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): While Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's defence team sought to question the admissibility of 70 out of 780 documents that had been tendered as evidence in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, the prosecution maintained that these should be given due consideration by the High Court here.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The defence team in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd graft trial involving RM42 million of the company's funds has argued that the prosecution must first prove that the former prime minister indeed committed the predicate offences — criminal breach of trust (CBT) — in order for the money laundering charges to stand, as the two offences are related.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's lawyer claimed today that the ex-premier did not file a police report in 2015, when he found out RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd was deposited into his account, because he wanted to avoid being accused of interfering with ongoing investigations.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The prosecution and defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial have concluded their submissions at the end of the prosecution stage.