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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Former Treasury Secretary-General Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah (pictured), the third defence witness in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, said a government guarantee (GG) cannot be "simply" granted just because national interest is involved.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former AmBank relationship manager Krystle Yap Wy-Sze said she was under instructions to expedite several cash deposits into ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's accounts at AmBank.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): For the second day in a row, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak recited a religious oath from the witness stand, denying that he had sought gratification with regard to the RM42 million, allegedly from SRC International Sdn Bhd, that was in his bank account.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the court today that the RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd which found its way into his personal accounts was put there by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho to disguise the latter's own purloining of billions of ringgit from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping has today been allowed by the High Court here to defer submitting her defence in the suit filed by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak until her bid to strike out the suit is heard first.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said he had accepted a portion of the donations from the Saudi royal family between 2011 and 2014 as he did not want to rely on corporate donations to fund his party's election machinery.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the High Court here yesterday that it would have been more prudent for the then Attorney-General (AG) to retrieve RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 3): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today that it was "ludicrous" that he would knowingly siphon money from a Minister of Finance Inc company into his personal accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 3): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) claimed he was unaware whether the Parliament was informed about the RM4 billion loans from Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) to SRC International Sdn Bhd and the government guarantees approved by cabinet to back them.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 3): Ideal United Bintang International Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Penang Port Commission to refurbish parts of Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT) in Penang Island.