News by Emir Zainul

Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram submitted that the dispute over the authenticity of Najib's signatures were only brought up to rebut the finding of the court at the close of the prosecution’s case that the former premier was in fact the agent and shadow director of SRC based on the seven disputed documents.

Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram said that based on the BBM messages, it could be established that Najib must have had knowledge of his finances as he had tasked Jho Low to ensure the accounts had funds for him, to gauge how much he could spend from those accounts.

In fact, the MoF had no knowledge of the operation in SRC and it was unclear about the company’s business and investment activities up until 2015.

Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram noted that the flow charts Apandi held during his infamous press conference to exonerate Najib on Jan 26, 2016 had in fact clearly showed that the RM42 million that entered the former premier's accounts were from SRC International and not from Arab donations or from any other sources. 

Najib had failed to rebut that Nik Faisal was his messenger for matters relating to SRC and therefore had clear control over SRC.

The defence's argument that SRC's business plan to develop renewable energy for national interest is not supported by facts as there is no evidence to show for it. 

The prosecution asserted that the evidence of his conduct had established the former prime minister's clear initial plan to swindle money from the company.

Prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram said the fact that Najib chaired the Cabinet meetings showed that he was indeed personally involved in the decisions to grant the GGs for KWAP’s loan to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC.

The country has been recording four-digit new cases every day for over four months now.

The health ministry has also identified nine new infection clusters today, with six involving workplaces while three were classified as community clusters.