News about Najib Razak

  LOS ANGELES (Oct 24): The fugitive Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low's office for his luxury lingerie company is to be sold, as part of forfeiture lawsuits related to recovering money misappropriated from the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investment fund.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): It is the 25th day of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1MDB-Tanore trial, with the defence scheduled to continue the cross-examination of the ninth prosecution witness — former 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The defence team in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd graft trial involving RM42 million of the company's funds has argued that the prosecution must first prove that the former prime minister indeed committed the predicate offences — criminal breach of trust (CBT) — in order for the money laundering charges to stand, as the two offences are related.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd graft trial involving RM42 million of the company’s funds has shot down the rationale that he could not manage his own bank accounts, given he was also then finance minister in charge of the nation’s finances.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd trial has argued that the former premier cannot be charged with money laundering, as the predicate offences — criminal breach of trust (CBT) and abuse of power — have not been proven.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial former of prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak continues today, as the defence inches towards the end of the first phase of the 1MDB fiasco with its first joint venture partner PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The High Court here was told that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak asked Felda Investment Corp Sdn Bhd (FIC) to reconsider the purchase of the Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites in Kuching, Sarawak, after FIC rejected the proposal twice, because the asset was overpriced.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Opposition lawmakers today lauded government backbencher Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad for urging the government to revive the Mass Rapid Transit Line 3 (MRT3).

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 15): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak and lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah were allowed to continue to challenge the appointment of senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as prosecutor in their cases at the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): Coloured photographs of the items seized in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) civil forfeiture suit against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor will be shown to them to be identified.