News about trial

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's defence team has put the entire blame for the purported losses on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd on fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — who is better known as Jho Low — and four mysterious Arabs.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the High Court that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) was a close acquaintance (kenalan rapat) of Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin and his sister Tengku Datuk Rahimah Sultan Mahmud.

The following is Tan Sri Muhamad Shafee Abdullah's opening statement in the defence case of Najib's SRC trial, reproduced in full.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has opted to make a sworn statement at the witness stand to present his side of the story on the alleged misappropriation of RM42 million in former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) unit SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The attendance of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, at a 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) board meeting on Sept 26, 2009 came into question when the then auditor-general (AG) found contradicting meeting minutes from the strategic investment fund.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Integrated industrial space solutions provider AME Elite Consortium Bhd's net profit for the second quarter ended Sept 30, 2019 doubled to RM20.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Former company director Ikhwan Zaidel yesterday denied lying to the court over the alleged payment of a RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Sime Darby Bhd’s net profit rose 9.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak faces yet another legal battle as the High Court has directed the former prime minister and ex-finance minister to file his defence by Dec 30, after a suit filed by Damansara MP Tony Pua against him over misfeasance in public office involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) was reinstated by the Federal Court last week.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 23): China-based construction firm Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group Co Ltd (JPC) is working with a local company and a co-operative to construct up to a million affordable homes in Malaysia, The Star reported today.