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KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): The prosecution in former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial says it will be calling in 40 more witnesses to testify in the upcoming days of the proceedings.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 16): Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman (pictured) told the court that he did not know the RM42 million cash transfers made by the company between Dec 26, 2014 and Feb 10, 2015 went into former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): The public prosecutor yesterday called Malayan Banking Bhd KL Main Branch assistant branch manager Halijah Abdul Wahab to the High Court to verify a series of transactions involving former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and SRC International Sdn Bhd.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): Maybank KL Main branch assistant manager Halijah Abdul Wahab will today be cross-examined by Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah on the 16th day of the SRC International trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): A heated exchange ensued between Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) investigating officer Ahmad Farhan Sharifuddin (pictured) and Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence counsel in the High Court today on the issue of why the former premier was not alerted of suspicious transactions in his account.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The Datuk Seri Najib Razak SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, where the former premier faces seven charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power trial over RM42 million from the former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) subsidiary, enters its 15th day today with Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) former assistant vice-president Amirul Imran Ahmat continuing his cross-examination.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The investment panel of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) would have rejected the loan to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)'s former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd if it could, according to KWAP's former assistant vice president Amirul Imran Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) approved its first RM2 billion loan to SRC International Sdn Bhd without adhering to its own investment policy and guidelines, the High Court here was told yesterday.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC trial will start a little later today as the former premier will have to travel to the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya to know the outcome of his appeal to remove former Federal Court judge Datuk Gopal Sri Ram as a prosecutor in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)  case.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): The RM4 billion loan from Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) to SRC International Sdn Bhd was the largest borrowing witnessed by Amirul Imran Ahmad (pictured), who was working as the assistant vice president in the civil servants' retirement fund when the financing was approved in 2011 and 2012.