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: The High Court was told that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho had ordered one of his close associates to prepare an Arab donation letter to justify monies that were funnelled into Datuk Seri Najib Razak's bank account. Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) general counsel Jasmine Loo testified that she had seen a draft of...
PUTRAJAYA: Umno will continue to seek a full royal pardon for Datuk Seri Najib Razak, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister and Umno president said this was to fulfil the wishes of the former prime minister and his family. However, the effort would be made with full respect towards His Majesty Sultan...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be submitting a new application for a full royal pardon, says his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah. "The reason we want to make another request (for a pardon) is because we don't think that the Pardons Board operated in a way the Federal Constitution expected...
PETALING JAYA: Tony Pua has gone overboard with his remarks on the recent Pardons Board decision on Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, says Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail. The Pahang Mentri Besar said that Pua is looking for cheap publicity after failing to get the people's support, adding that the former DAP publicity...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has challenged Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh and other "haters" to an open debate on the RM42mil SRC International case. "We invite Ramkarpal to a televised open debate with a representative from our side on the subject," said Najib in a post on his official Facebook page on Sunday...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib, shares a message with a photo of her father on her Instagram story. In the short clip, she wrote, "Always waiting for your return, however long it takes", as a dedication to her father, a former prime minister of Malaysia. The post was backed with the...
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: Lawyer Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and his partners, Liew Teck Huat and M. Rueben, have been exonerated by the Bar Council disciplinary board of any breach of the Legal Profession Act (LPA) 1976 or any other wrongdoing as alleged by Malaysian Bar president Karen Cheah. Zaid took to X on Sunday (Jan 21) and said...
PETALING JAYA: After spending nearly one-and-a-half years in prison, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak continues to draw public attention from behind bars. A major question now is whether he will be granted a royal pardon. Various polls on social media show that netizens were polarised over the issue of whether the man at the centre...
