News about Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial told the High Court here yesterday that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho had bandied about several big names as possible directors and trustees for the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) and its foundation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's trial on abuse of power and money laundering involving funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB-Tanore trial) has been postponed to next Tuesday as the former prime minister is on two days' medical leave due to another bout of conjunctivitis.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): The Attorney General's Chamber (AGC) will file an application for leave to appeal in the Federal Court against the decision by the Court of Appeal which granted leave to Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, to start a judicial review application to remove former federal court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram (pictured) from prosecuting the former prime minister in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured) “solely depended” on the words of his late boss Datuk Azlin Alias, as well as Low Taek Jho to act on the fugitive financier’s instructions as the civil service hierarchy’s protocol had prevented him from speaking directly to the prime minister, the High Court was told yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer maintains that the former premier has been misled by fugitive financier Jho Low on the dealings of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial today brought up the issue of Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram's appointment as a senior deputy public prosecutor in the case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak complained yesterday, through his lawyer, that he had to seek treatment for a sore back after sitting on the wooden bench in the accused dock during his SRC International Sdn Bhd hearings.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application to remove Datuk Gopal Sri Ram (pictured) from prosecuting the former prime minister in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case will be heard by Justice Datuk Seri Mariana Yahaya, the High Court decided today.

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 27): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak and senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah were granted leave by the Court of Appeal yesterday to possibly challenge the legality of former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram’s appointment as a senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) had never denied the signatures on documents related to his personal AmBank accounts which received and transferred RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds were his, a witness in the SRC trial told the High Court.