News about Shafee

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 14): Lawyers for Datuk Seri Najib Razak had yesterday filed a formal written application to the High Court to defer the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit tampering trial, which will begin next Monday (Nov 18), so they could prepare the former premier's defence for the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, which will start on Dec 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): The High Court here had today adjourned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1MDB-Tanore trial hearing as prosecution witness Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) are ill.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's trial involving alleged misappropriation of SRC International Sdn Bhd's RM42 million will go beyond Malaysia's next general election in anticipation that the case will reach the Federal Court, defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and his lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah were taken aback by a high court decision ordering the former prime minister to enter his defence on all seven charges levelled against him over the misappropriation of RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): The 1MDB-Tanore trial was cut short today as prosecution witness Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi was unwell as he was down with the flu.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's legal team plans to file contempt charges against a politician, journalist and newspaper in relation to comments made on the former premier's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) did not suspect anything amiss when transferring US$330 million meant for PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) into the account of Good Star Ltd in 2011, despite its earlier experiences with Good Star in 2009, the High Court was told yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial has argued that there may have been a conspiracy by PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) executives Tarek Obaid and Patrick Mahony to ensure that the former Prime Minister would expedite the release of US$1 billion to their company.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial yesterday ended early at 4:50pm, instead of the originally scheduled 6pm, as lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah requested to leave earlier to attend the Sultan Azlan Shah law lecture.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The defence in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial today alleged that prosecution witness Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured) helped to facilitate a scam to siphon money out of the defunct sovereign wealth fund.