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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak admitted in court today that he was in direct contact with fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) “on some instances” to ensure cheques he had written from his personal accounts had gone through.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): The Cabinet was kept in the dark about the approval for the second and third government loans granted by Ministry of Finance (MoF) to SRC in 2016 and 2017, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak testified today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak testified in court today that it was his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, and not him who had purchased RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): “I need that agreement to be sorted out quickly, Your Highness.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said he would not entertain any more postponements with regard to the proceedings as he fixed more dates for the trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured, centre) admitted at the High Court today that he had benefited from the money allegedly deposited from fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, into his personal accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): The prosecution in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial asked Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak — who was the most powerful man in Malaysia when he allegedly stole RM42 million from the former 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) subsidiary — who had dared to forge his signature after the ex-premier repeatedly insisted it could have been falsified.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): Ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak agreed with the prosecution's suggestion that Low Taek Jho, Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil and the late Datuk Azlin Alias were tasked with managing Najib's bank accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak admitted in the High Court today that SRC International Sdn Bhd, which was formed to make sure Malaysia continues to have ample supply of energy resources, did not meet the objective.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said he could not verify his own signature on an original document from former SRC International Sdn Bhd chairman Tan Sri Ismee Ismail that was produced by the prosecution.