News by Hafiz Yatim

The plaintiffs said on July 24, 2008, they were forced to take up a Bank Rakyat loan worth RM198.9 million as a proxy on behalf of Najib and Rosmah, with their master title for 80 condominium units named 'Palazzio Tower B' as collateral to ensure due repayment.

“The irony is that the judiciary, the very institution tasked with the insurmountable obligation to defend the liberty of the people, is itself quite defenceless. It is incumbent on all the stakeholders in the justice system to support and defend the system when the institution is undermined.”

Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram: Being a loud mouth is one thing, but you must act within the confines of the law.

Justice Sequerah fixed Feb 18 and 21, March 2-6, 9-13, 19-20, 23-27, 30-31, the whole month of April, May 4, and the whole month of June until October, including Fridays until 12:30pm, with the exception of weekends and public holidays for the 1MDB-Tanore trial.

Jho Low had purportedly transferred some RM80 million to RM90 million into the former premier's accounts, according to appointed prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram, who was cross-examining Najib this morning during the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

He contended that his signatures could have been forged on documents that included SRC’s minutes of meetings and directors’ circular resolutions.

Meeriam Rosaline Edward is the companion of 82-year-old Samy Vellu, who is former MIC president.

Responding to deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk V Sithambaram's suggestion that the running of SRC was a miserable failure, Najib said "we did not know it was so" at that time.

The document in question — labelled P530 by the court — claimed to be original by Ismee, contains Najib's instructions to SRC's board, including opening accounts at specific banks and the transfer of the company's first RM2 billion loan obtained from Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) in 2011 to banks in Switzerland.

Today, the High Court allowed Najib's application for a stay of proceedings after Pua's lawyer Tan Cheng Leong and the government's lawyer said they have no objections to the application.