Can we deal with it later?’, Najib asks over questions relating to money deposited into personal bank account

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was unable to answer questions at the High Court relating to the millions of ringgit that landed into his personal AmBank account.

“Can we deal with it later?” he said to lawyer Datuk Lim Chee Wee here on Friday (Sept 27).

Lim, who represented SRC International Sdn Bhd in the hearing of a US$1.18bil civil lawsuit against Najib and former CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, had earlier asked Najib about the origins of the funds in his account and whether there was documentary evidence that the funds were not from SRC International or the Retirement Funds Inc (KWAP).

Lim: RM27mil was credited into your account ending -880, do you have documentary evidence to show that this RM27mil is not from SRC International or KWAP?

Najib: Can we deal with that later?

On Thursday (Sept 26), Najib was also unable to answer whether there was documentary evidence on the source of US$70mil that was credited on Jan 3, 2012, into his personal bank account ending -694.

“Can I come back to that?” he had said then.

Under new management, SRC filed the legal action in May 2021, alleging that Najib had committed breach of trust, abuse of power, misappropriated the company’s funds and personally benefited from it.

It named Najib along with its former directors Datuk Suboh Md Yassin, Mohammed Azhar Osman Khairuddin, Nik Faisal, Datuk Che Abdullah @ Rashidi Che Omar, Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and Tan Sri Ismee Ismail in May 2021.

However, later, it removed six names from the suit and retained Najib and Nik Faisal as the first and second defendants.

Additionally, Najib has brought the former named SRC International directors as third-party respondents in the suit.

The company is seeking damages, interest, costs and a court declaration that Najib is responsible for the company’s losses due to his breach of duties and trust, and is demanding that Najib pay back the US$1.18bil in losses that it has suffered.

It is also seeking US$120mil and US$2mil from Najib and Nik Faisal, respectively, on account of fraudulent breach of fiduciary duties and breach of trust.

The trial before Justice Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin continues on Oct 9.