News by Hafiz Yatim

It is understood that Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas signed the withdrawal of appeal on Monday.

Besides this, Meeriam Rosaline a/p Edward Paul is also seeking for Samy Vellu and his son Datuk Seri S Vell Paari to pay unpaid living costs to her amounting to RM191,107.35, which she claimed was owed to her when it was cut off since July last year.

It was previously reported last month that the prosecution failed in its application to transfer the cases from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

This is despite attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas bringing out the KWAP investment paper to the board that initially recommended a RM1 billion cap, followed by minutes of the second meeting by the fund’s investment panel where its chairman Tan Sri Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah said Najib had told him that “RM2 billion was sufficient”.

He questioned the authenticity of some 15 documents that had been tendered in court, which he initially agreed contain his signature, but now questioned their authenticity.

Replying to questions from his lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the former premier said at that time, there were massive floods happening in the east coast states of Peninsular Malaysia, especially in Kelantan.

Yesterday, Najib as with the past three days of his defence, pinned the blame on Low Taek Jho aka Jho Low as he said he never gave authority to Jho Low to manage his AmBank accounts.

...and about RM3.28 million was spent with Swiss luxury jeweller De Grisogono in Sardinia, Italy. Najib said the jewelry were to be gifts, and it was his prerogative to spend the RM42 million that ended up in his accounts at his discretion, for the benefit of Malaysia.

"I cannot explain this. I am utterly shocked that the bank deals with Jho Low although the power was only given to [former SRC International Sdn Bhd managing director] Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil. I have never allowed Jho Low to deal with the bank over my banking accounts and I was not informed [about] this," said Najib.

Najib said he believes that Azlin may have been told about the additional monies from fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, who is better known as Jho Low.