News by Timothy Achariam

Mohd Nasharudin Amir, who is MACC’s assistant commissioner, told the High Court that an article in a bulletin published by the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) stated that Jamil Khir was in fact addressing a gathering in Putrajaya on that day.

Last week, Najib's lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed the court that Latheefa would be subpoenaed and asked to testify as a defence witness. 

Pakatan Harapan, who is led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, last night released a released a list of 115 MPs — including himself — backing him as prime minister. However, two MPs in the list — Bukit Gantang MP Datuk Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal and Sri Aman MP Masir Kujat — have come out to deny backing Dr Mahathir, instead saying they support Muhyiddin.

The officer, Mohd Nasharudin Amir, also testified that the admission did not come from the Saudi royal but his legal representative.

Testifying in the SRC trial, Datuk Rosman Abdullah told Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali that Jho Low had informed him that RM27 million out of the RM170 million would go into an AmPrivate Banking 1MY account, which he later learned belonged to Najib.

Testifying in the SRC trial, Datuk Rosman Abdullah told Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali that Jho Low had informed him that RM27 million out of the RM170 million would go into an AmPrivate Banking 1MY account, which he later learned belonged to Najib.

Last month, Najib’s defence, led by Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah, had made an application before Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali to allow a Dr Steven Strach from Australia to verify these documents which contain Najib’s signatures and to be called as an expert witness.

Mounting political uncertainties are expected to exert selling pressure on the local bourse, which is already clouded by economic concerns particularly after the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

Azlan Shah Jeffril, 49, whose company Profound Radiance Sdn Bhd was appointed by the ministry to run and manage one-stop centres (OSCs) for foreign visa applicants in a few countries, testified that a sum of RM2 million he had given to Zahid personally was for charity work and political donation.

As prosecution witness Junaith Asharab Md Shariff was deemed to have contradicted his statements in court, Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah allowed deputy public prosecutor Gan Peng Kun to treat Junaith as hostile and to cross-examine him over discrepancies in his statement.