News about SRC International

KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): The prosecution has argued that none of the money that were transferred from SRC International Sdn Bhd's bank account went into former managing director Nik Faisal Nik Ariff Kamil's bank account, despite the defence's assertions that witness Datuk Suboh Md Yassin's signatures on the bank transfer documents were forged by Nik Faisal.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): Former SRC International Sdn Bhd director Datuk Mohd Yassin Md Suboh signed a directors’ circular resolution (DCR) ratifying Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd as the corporate social responsibility (CSR) partner of the company while he was hiding in Bangkok, Thailand.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): The High Court here has refused to give former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak leave to attend parliament today on the grounds that while he is an MP, he is also facing seven criminal charges.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): Senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's money laundering trial, which was scheduled to begin next month, will instead start in March next year so that his original trial dates may be used for Datuk Seri Najib Razak's ongoing SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, where Shafee is serving as the former premier's lead defence counsel.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): A witness from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) told the High Court here today that for the first time ever, the ministry had to prepare materials on a company to be included in a Cabinet memorandum concerning its application for a government guarantee.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): The board members of SRC International Sdn Bhd would not have been able to remain in their positions if they had refused to follow the instructions of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said its former chairman Tan Sri Ismee Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): It turns out that there were even more secret transactions involving SRC International Sdn Bhd funds that were concealed from its board of directors, including the application of a second RM2 billion loan from Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho — better known as Jho Low — was mentioned again in today's SRC International Sdn Bhd proceedings.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): The defence lawyers in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial decided to proceed with the testimony of its former chairman Tan Sri Ismee Ismail after all, following their scrutiny of his oral evidence transcript for alleged deviations from his witness statement.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Today’s afternoon session of the trial against former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak over his alleged involvement in embezzling funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd saw the defence going into overdrive to prove he was not in control of the special purpose vehicle (SPV).