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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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the High Court that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) was a close acquaintance (kenalan rapat) of Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin and his sister Tengku Datuk Rahimah Sultan Mahmud.

The following is Tan Sri Muhamad Shafee Abdullah's opening statement in the defence case of Najib's SRC trial, reproduced in full.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has opted to make a sworn statement at the witness stand to present his side of the story on the alleged misappropriation of RM42 million in former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) unit SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): The whopping RM315.

JOHOR BARU: Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar launched Menara JLand in the Johor Bahru city centre today, the Star reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The UK Court of Appeal has ruled in Malaysia's favour to have its bid to challenge a US$5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore case has objected to the former premier's request for copies of documents given by whistleblower and former PetroSaudi International (PSI) executive Xavier Justo to the authorities.