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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) is not discounting the possibility of calling up a former cabinet minister, who received a message from Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah threatening to spill the beans on 1MDB,  as a witness in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial of Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah shed some light today over why he resigned from his posts in Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN), after resigning from his position as second finance minister in June 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah told the High Court here today that he did not tell the complete truth on his resignation as second finance minister in June 2016 because he wanted "to cover" the then prime minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Razak amid concerns on how 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd were managed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (pictured, centre) believed that former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak initiated sexual harassment and corruption allegations against him in 2016 for enquiring about 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Former Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah will be cross-examined by Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence team in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Former second finance minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (pictured) today described former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak as an autocratic person in his dealings with 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the lead counsel for Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, expressed frustration with former Minister of Finance II Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah's testimony today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) saw a total of RM606.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Low Taek Jho had referred to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as "Optimus Prime" — the ultimate leader for Autobots, the main protagonists of the animated alien robot series Transformers, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, who is known to have facilitated transfers to and from AmBank accounts of Datuk Seri Najib Razak between year 2011 and 2015, may have skipped the former prime minister’s approval in one of those transfers, the High Court was told yesterday.