News about trial

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 15): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak and lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah were allowed to continue to challenge the appointment of senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as prosecutor in their cases at the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): The cross-examination of Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi in the 1Malaysia Developmemnt Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial enters its sixth day today, as defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is expected to grill him further about his alleged interference of the government audit into 1MDB in 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Lead defense counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah has alleged former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi had conspired with alleged “puppetmaster” Low Taek Jho to obstruct an audit by the National Audit Department (NAD) into the state-owned fund in 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, had pre-empted Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi from investigating further by telling him to expect the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to question the fugitive businessman's role in Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA), the precursor to 1MDB, and raise the issue of the purported misrepresentation of the palace by "a certain individual".

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Axis Real Estate Investment Trust is buying a property in the industrial area of Nilai from K-Plastics Industries Sdn Bhd for RM50 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Former Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) chief executive officer Datuk Zahrah Abd Wahab Fenner has claimed trial at the Sessions Court today to all 33 corruption charges involving a total of RM5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court here today that he had meetings with former Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Seri Hasan Ariffin after attending the PAC hearing in 2015, to be briefed about the contents of the PAC report that was to be tabled to the parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) loans needed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's approval, ex-1MDB chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court here today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi brought home more than RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Four cheques issued by members of the Arab royal family that were made out to Yayasan 1MDB, dated 2010 for US$25 million each but never cashed, were produced in the High Court here by the prosecution during Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial yesterday.