Arul Kanda's lawyer says no cross-examination until his client testifies
"This is to avoid a situation where our client may be put in a compromised position when he takes the witness stand," counsel Datuk N Sivananthan told the High Court today.
Goldman Sachs case faces delay as issuance of summons hits snag
Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan fixed the date today as deputy public prosecutor Zaki Asyraf Zubir had requested for the delay, because the notice of summons against Goldman Sachs (Singapore) is still in the process of being served.
Witness: 1MDB audit report couldn't be printed without Najib's green light
Saadatul Nafisah Bashir Ahmad, the seventh prosecution witness in Najib and former 1MDB chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy's 1MDB audit tampering trial, testified that this was a direct instruction from the then Chief Secretary to the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa on Najib's behalf.
SRC trial: Najib admits to checking with Jho Low on his accounts
This startling admission by Najib contradicts his earlier repeated assertions that he was only in contact with former SRC International Sdn Bhd managing director Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, and Datuk Azlin Alias — his deceased former private secretary, about the issuing of cheques.
Najib: It was Rosmah who bought RM3.3m worth of jewellery using my credit card
Najib had previously testified that the gift was purchased for the wife of Qatar's ex-prime minister Sheikh Hamad Jassim Jaber Al Thani.
Najib: Nothing wrong with having a conversation with my wife
He told the press after his SRC International Sdn Bhd trial today that “it was normal” for him to discuss these things privately with his wife.
Rizal Mansor's charges dropped, may be called as prosecution witness against Rosmah
Rizal was earlier jointly charged with Najib's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in the corruption case.
Rosmah: My lawyers are looking into recordings
"I will leave it to my lawyers. My lawyers will handle it."
Who dares to forge the PM’s signature?
He contended that his signatures could have been forged on documents that included SRC’s minutes of meetings and directors’ circular resolutions.
Najib agrees SRC did not meet its objective
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.
