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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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, the former managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of SRC International Sdn Bhd, had toyed with him and the company's board of directors.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak claimed at the High Court here today that his signatures in several documents related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd were forged and manipulated.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has denied having any personal interest in SRC International Sdn Bhd, except for his professional interest as the PM and Finance Minister.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said his handwritten note on a SRC International Sdn Bhd letter seeking a RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the core of the defence's case in proving Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's innocence will be on the fact that the former prime minister had no knowledge and no involvement in matters which resulted in the transfer of RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd into his accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former SRC International Sdn Bhd adviser emeritus Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak claimed today that he had no knowledge of the company's plan to apply for a RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's defence team has put the entire blame for the purported losses on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd on fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — who is better known as Jho Low — and four mysterious Arabs.