News about SRC

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd has dropped its former chairman Tan Sri Ismee Ismail and former director Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi from the list of defendants in its US$1.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 28): Lawyers in the trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s (pictured) three money-laundering charges involving RM27 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds, known as the second SRC trial, are seeking an adjournment to the start of the trial pending Najib’s appeals of the first SRC trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Former Malaysian Bar president Manjeet Singh Dhillon has written to Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun and Malaysian Bar president AG Kalidas about his concerns over former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram representing law firm Wong & Partners in relation to a civil suit against the firm, while he is also involved in the prosecution of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): Senior lawyer Rosli Dahlan (pictured) has lodged a police report denying a UK-based portal's claim about his purported relationship with the judiciary, especially Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): The next case management for four lawsuits against local parties filed by 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd to recover its assets has been set for July 12.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): The High Court today has fixed July 28 for the case management of the civil suit by SRC International Sdn Bhd against its former advisor emeritus and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, firstly for breach of fiduciary duties and secondly for receiving RM42 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): High Court Judge Datuk Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin is now the judge hearing 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd's lawsuit against ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and six others after High Court Judicial Commissioner Liza Chan Sow Keng recused herself from hearing the case as Najib is her friend.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 1): A High Court judicial commissioner has today recused herself from presiding in the US$1.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): Following the filing of 22 civil suits by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd earlier this month before the lapse of its deadline, a lawyer has expressed concern that those cases may interfere with the ongoing criminal trials.

PUTRAJAYA (May 18): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s (pictured) appeal against his conviction on all seven charges related to RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds came to a close today with the Court of Appeal deferring its ruling to a later date.