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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Former Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah will be cross-examined by Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence team in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Former second finance minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (pictured) today described former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak as an autocratic person in his dealings with 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the lead counsel for Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, expressed frustration with former Minister of Finance II Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah's testimony today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) saw a total of RM606.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Low Taek Jho had referred to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as "Optimus Prime" — the ultimate leader for Autobots, the main protagonists of the animated alien robot series Transformers, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, who is known to have facilitated transfers to and from AmBank accounts of Datuk Seri Najib Razak between year 2011 and 2015, may have skipped the former prime minister’s approval in one of those transfers, the High Court was told yesterday.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 5): The trial of Datuk Seri Najib Razak involving the alleged siphoning of RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd into his account enters its 47th day today, with the defence to continue its cross-examination of former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): A transfer of RM27 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds — code-named “Eagle 27” — into former premier  Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 880 account was misrepresented by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) as a donation from royalty, when it had actually originated from SRC International Sdn Bhd’s account.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak may be “Bossku” in the current political landscape, but the prosecution and a key witness in the ongoing SRC trial had a hard time agreeing with each other, if that was the case when it comes to the management of his AmBank accounts in 2014-2015.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu, the 54th prosecution witness in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, agreed that most of the instructions relating to the former premier's bank accounts were issued by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho.