News about trial

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Former foreign affairs minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, the sixth defence witness in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, told the court that the Cabinet was not alerted of the alleged financial assistance from the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia as it was a personal donation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor asked the former education secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamed to look into and speed up the process of approving the solar hybrid project for 369 schools in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's defence team today produced a letter sent by Vignesh Kumar & Associates on behalf of Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid to the attorney-general, stating that their client was willing to testify against the “prime mover” of the solar hybrid project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor caused a stir after refusing to leave the accused dock when her graft trial went into recess for lunch today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Former education minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid admitted that he did not tell the prime minister, Cabinet or Parliament about his reluctance to award the solar hybrid project to Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The defence in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's graft trial today suggested that former education minister Datuk Mahdzir Khalid had cut a deal with senior deputy public prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram and Attorney-General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas to implicate Rosmah so that he would not face corruption charges.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom testified today that former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had made a request for donations from the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Dr Steven Strach, the document expert appointed by the defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, is currently going through the disputed exhibits containing the signatures of the former premier.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Former education minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid denies that the team of people working behind the scenes to seek the approval of the solar hybrid project in 369 schools in Sarawak was in fact lead by him and not the managing director of the company pitching for the project, Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): Former education minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid today rebuffed Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's suggestions that he allegedly received a bribe of RM50,000 from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin.