News about Najib Razak

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): The High Court today allowed the prosecution to amend the charge in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit tampering case as the judge ruled that it would not prejudice former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Kuala Lumpur High Court will reserve judgment until a later date over an application made by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) for a summary judgment in the RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) final audit report tampering trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy has been postponed to tomorrow, as one member of Najib's defence team came down with a high fever and is undertaking Covid-19 testing.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): The 1MDB-Tanore trial will resume on June 29 as it has been vacated today to make way for the last leg of the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): The hastiness in the issuance of the government guarantee (GG), and disbursement of funds, with regards to the RM4 billion loan taken by SRC International Sdn Bhd from the Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) raises suspicions and points to power abuse, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) was aware of the state of his accounts when he issued cheques, the prosecution submitted in the ex-premier’s trial today, pointing to the timing of the funding of his accounts by fugitive businessman Jho Low and the subsequent spending of the money by Najib.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) lawyers submitted in court today that the prosecution has left a big gap in their case by not putting on the stand SRC International Sdn Bhd chief financial officer (CFO) See Yoke Peng as a witness to verify that she had approved the transfer of hundreds of millions of ringgit out of the company.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) said in video clip on YouTube today that the idea of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia leaving Pakatan Harapan (PH) surprises him because Bersatu had joined PH to topple ex-prime minster Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): The High Court has fixed July 27 for the case management of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) money laundering case involving RM27 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 1): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) defence team tells the court today that an affidavit he submitted in 2016 for another case, in which he admitted that the RM42 million that ended up in his personal accounts came from SRC International Sdn Bhd, should not be considered as an admission of guilt.