KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) general counsel Jasmine Loo told the High Court that she became a fugitive for five years after Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, swore to make her life "a living hell" if she returned to Malaysia. In an explosive testimony, the 50th prosecution witness finally told her tale of...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) general counsel Jasmine Loo Ai Swan told the High Court here on Tuesday (Feb 13) that she once worked at UBG Berhad, a company owned by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, with a monthly salary of about RM45,000, including vehicle allowance, fuel allowance, and travel...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is accountable for his every action as the prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the board of advisors of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the High Court was told on Friday (Jan 26). Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer Nur Aida Arifin testified that Najib, or the 1MDB management, had...
PETALING JAYA: The government has not made any decision regarding the request by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to instruct the streaming application service, Netflix, to take down and prohibit the screening of the documentary 'Man on the Run.' Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said this was because it involved an ongoing court case. "Some initial...
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's trial on Monday (Dec 18) told the High Court here that 1Malaysia Development Berhad's (1MDB) former general counsel Jasmine Loo Ai Swan would be called to testify in the case. Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the prosecution is planning to call Loo after taking...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) analyst Adam Ariff Mohd Roslan colluded with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) when he made his report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) money trails, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah claimed at the High Court here. The lead counsel of Datuk Seri Najib Razak made the allegation at the latter’s trial...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former president and chief executive officer of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Arul Kanda Kandasamy (pic), has filed a counterclaim of RM56.7mil for alleged wrongful termination of his contract. Arul Kanda, as the first defendant in a lawsuit brought by 1MDB, filed the counterclaim in the High Court here on Nov 17 through Messrs Sanjay Mohan. Based...
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MBD) trial told the High Court here that Bank Negara analyst Adam Ariff Mohd Roslan's testimony on the flow of money in 1MDB was based on his analysis on the former premier's bank statements as well as other documentation. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad...
NEW YORK: Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng, facing 10 years in prison after being convicted in New York of helping loot billions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, will be returned to that country, where he faces related charges. Chief US District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn on Thursday (Oct 5) ordered Ng's...
KUALA LUMPUR: An analyst from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) told the High Court here on Tuesday (Sept 19) that a personal account belonging to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak received US$30mil from a shell company, Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners, purportedly set up by fugitive businessman, Low Taek Jho or Jho Low. Adam Ariff Mohd Roslan,...
