News about Najib Razak

  KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court today he was not aware Aabar Investment PJS Ltd (Aabar BVI), the company which 1MDB paid US$576.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s senior counsel said that the suspension of the RM5 billion Islamic medium term notes (IMTN) issuance would have negatively impacted Malaysia’s ratings, which was why the former premier had decided to go on with the issuance.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh and Tan Sri Azlan Zainol were the only 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) directors who scrutinised the irregularities surrounding the 1MDB-PetroSaudi joint venture (JV) in 2009, which eventually spiralled to burn a sum of US$1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Former Terengganu Investment Authority Bhd (TIA) and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured) said 1MDB was exempted from being audited by the National Audit Department, as it presented a political risk to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Former Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi received RM70,000 from Low Taek Jho to speed up TIA's issuance of RM5 billion bonds in 2009, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): The morning session of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial took an interesting turn as Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah cited two judgements by Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram at the Federal Court and Court of Appeal, during an oral application to dispute former 1MDB chief Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi's witness statement as hearsay.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) was said to have been pressured into issuing the government guarantee for the RM5 billion Islamic medium term notes (IMTN), in order to meet a tight one-month deadline set by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, according to the testimony by Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, the ninth prosecution witness in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial, at the High Court yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Former Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) and later its federalised incarnation 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi described former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak as being so close with fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — better known as Jho Low — that he gave the Penang-born financier the mandate to plan and arrange the operations of the two entities.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's former aide Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured left) was asked to highlight several passages that implied the bailout of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in a document that was prepared by Low Taek Jho following a meeting with China.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): When asked about his cronies in a video posted online on Saturday, the former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said all of Malaysia were his cronies, and should go to jail with him.