News by Hafiz Yatim

Datuk Wong Rhen Yen, counsel for creditor Mastijaya Sdn Bhd, told the court that since Jepak is based in Bintulu, the issue of whether this matter should be heard in the High Court of Malaya or the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak has to be determined first.

During cross-examination today, defence counsel Datuk N Sivananthan, who is representing 1MDB's former president Arul Kanda Kandasamy, asserted that although there were suggestions and requests to drop certain parts of the audit report, the ultimate decision on removing and/or tampering with the report was still the onus of Ambrin.

However, Ambrin defended that since the order came from the government, he felt the pressure to comply with the requests.

PSOSL’s lawyer Alex Tan told the court that there were some new developments in the UK and for this reason, it was seeking a short adjournment to the hearing of its application.

Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla: It (the fine) should not have been stayed completely. But [the court] should at least order him to pay 10% of it by way of instalments.

Najib was sentenced to 12 years' jail and fined RM210 million after Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali convicted the former premier of all seven charges in relation to the SRC case

Lodin resigned from Boustead and its related subsidiaries on Nov 30, 2018, while the others left the company last year.

Judicial Commissioner Quay Chew Soon ruled that businessman Deepak Jaikishan had failed to show there was a prima facie case. Balasubramaniam was also known as PI Bala.

It was reported that Rosmah, who is former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's wife, is accused of soliciting RM187.5 million from Jepak Holdings Bhd to help the firm secure a RM1.25 billion project to supply solar hybrid power to 369 schools in Sarawak.

With this, Najib's appeal against his conviction and sentence will now proceed to the Court of Appeal. In criminal cases, parties have 14 days to file the notice of appeal.

Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali said the 12 years in jail and the RM210 million fine is for abuse of power, while the three CBT charges carry 10 years jail each. Meanwhile, money laundering charges carries a 10-year prison sentence each.

"The sentences are to run concurrently," he said.