News about Najib Razak

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas claimed that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s legal action against him for “wrongful prosecution” is a political ploy the latter used in the lead-up to the recent Melaka state election.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): The Cabinet has received and discussed an application from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for a plot of land and house allegedly valued at RM100 million, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz was reported as confirming in Parliament on Thursday (Nov 18).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) ex-chief executive officer (CEO) Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman told the High Court here on Monday that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had pressured the Malaysian government-owned company to remove KPMG as 1MDB's auditor after KPMG refused to conclude the audit of 1MDB's 2013 financial statements.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s former CFO Azmi Tahir told the court on Thursday (Nov 11) that he could not question decisions to transfer US$3 billion of 1MDB funds to third parties, as these instructions came from the office of then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) wielded "ultimate power" when it came to decision-making in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), its former chief financial officer (CFO) Azmi Tahir told the High Court here on Thursday.

PUTRAJAYA (Nov 11) : A week from now (Nov 18), it would be exactly six months the Court of Appeal has yet to deliver its decision over former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's appeal over his conviction and 12 years jail and RM210 million fine with regards to SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has filed an application to recuse High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan from presiding over her second trial involving 17 counts of money laundering and income tax offences to a sum of RM7.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): A renowned Lebanese jeweller has physically inspected close to 12,000 pieces of jewellery that were among the assets seized during a police raid of two luxury condominium units in Pavilion residences, Bukit Bintang in May 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): The Malaysian government has successfully recovered almost half of the more than RM31 million worth of assets it had seized or froze from 18 different persons in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): The prosecution has failed to forfeit seized assets of Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his family, with the court saying that there were no credible attempts made to show that the properties seized were bought using monies in the former prime minister's accounts.