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KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) former chief executive officer Datuk Azian Mohd Noh (pictured) told the High Court here of her meeting with Datuk Seri Najib Razak's principal private secretary, the late Datuk Azlin Alias, at a hotel in KL Sentral sometime in June 2011 regarding the loan sought by SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has confirmed the fund's purchase of Sports Direct International Plc's headquarters (HQ) in the UK for £120 million, or approximately RM636.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd (IPSB) managing director Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman (pictured) said he was only following orders when the company's Affin Bank account was used as a transit account to transfer money to a company known as Mail Global Resources.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): The Datuk Seri Najib Razak RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd trial continues today after a week of non-proceedings with his lawyers to continue cross-examining Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): The prosecution in former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial says it will be calling in 40 more witnesses to testify in the upcoming days of the proceedings.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 16): Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman (pictured) told the court that he did not know the RM42 million cash transfers made by the company between Dec 26, 2014 and Feb 10, 2015 went into former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): The public prosecutor yesterday called Malayan Banking Bhd KL Main Branch assistant branch manager Halijah Abdul Wahab to the High Court to verify a series of transactions involving former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and SRC International Sdn Bhd.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): Maybank KL Main branch assistant manager Halijah Abdul Wahab will today be cross-examined by Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah on the 16th day of the SRC International trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): A heated exchange ensued between Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) investigating officer Ahmad Farhan Sharifuddin (pictured) and Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence counsel in the High Court today on the issue of why the former premier was not alerted of suspicious transactions in his account.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The Datuk Seri Najib Razak SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, where the former premier faces seven charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power trial over RM42 million from the former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) subsidiary, enters its 15th day today with Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) former assistant vice-president Amirul Imran Ahmat continuing his cross-examination.