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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today explained, on the witness stand at the High Court, that his close to a half million ringgit Chanel watch purchase for his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor was for her birthday and as a means to make up for cutting short their family holiday in Honolulu in the United States.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak spent RM466,330.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said he was shocked to learn that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho — better known as Jho Low — was dealing with AmBank on the management of his personal accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the High Court today that his principal private secretary, the late Datuk Azlin Alias, informed him in 2014 that he would receive further donations in foreign funds from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in addition to US$800 million purportedly gifted by the monarch in early 2013.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today denied that he had abused his power as a civil servant, regarding the two government guarantees (GGs) given to SRC International Sdn Bhd on Aug 17, 2011 and Feb 8, 2012 by the Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today that the Malaysian government's direct debt had at most increased RM94.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has denied micromanaging companies that belong to the Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) — including SRC International Sdn Bhd — by giving instructions to their board of directors.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today claimed that the US$800 million donation he personally received from Saudi ruler King Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud was to prevent the spread of the Arab Spring's ill effects into Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): The examination-in-chief with former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has shifted to his relationship with fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): Former Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah was intent on tarnishing Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's reputation on the witness stand, as he harbours revenge against the former premier.