News about trial

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Datuk Seri Abdul Najib Razak said he did not consult Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah when he approved the transfer of ownership of SRC International Sdn Bhd to Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) in 2012, as the decision did not have any financial implication to the government.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): The Kuala Lumpur High Court will decide tomorrow morning if an application made by the defence to bring in a handwriting expert to verify Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's signatures on several documents is to be allowed or denied in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's legal team today proceeded with its application in the High Court for an expert witness to be brought in to verify documents bearing the former premier's signatures which were allegedly forged.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): The prosecution in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial has questioned why the defence did not bring up the issue around the allegedly "forged" documents before the prosecution closed its case, following the defence's application to bring in a handwriting expert to verify Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's signatures on several documents.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Former National Audit Department (NAD) audit director Saadatul Nafisah Bashir Ahmad was grilled by Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today over exactly how the department was coerced into excluding several paragraphs from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)'s audit report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): Former National Audit Department (NAD) audit director Saadatul Nafisah Bashir Ahmad (pictured) told the court today that Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who was then prime minister, stood to benefit from the amendments made to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report.

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): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial is set to continue next week, but for one week only for now, as further dates will only be set next Thursday (Jan 16).