Bank Negara took seven years to trace 1MDB funds to Jho Low’s firm, Zeti tells court

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz told the High Court that the central bank took seven years to discover that some US$700mil from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) coffers were diverted to Good Star Ltd, a company linked to Low Taek Jho or Jho Low. Zeti said, however, that this span...

Najib seeks nullification of RM2.28bil 1MDB High Court trial

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak wants to nullify his RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial at the High Court. He is also seeking for the court to discharge and acquit him of all 25 charges in the trial. His lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed presiding judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah...

Najib fails in appeal to disqualify lawyers from Messrs Tommy Thomas to represent ex-AG

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has lost his appeal on Friday (Aug 11) to disqualify two lawyers from Messrs Tommy Thomas from representing former attorney-general (AG) Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in the former prime minister’s RM1.9mil lawsuit. Court of Appeal three-member panel comprising Justices Hanipah Farikullah, Azimah Omar and Azhahari Kamal Ramli unanimously dismissed Najib’s appeal...

RM6.6bil CBT case: Najib sends second representation to AGC

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has sent a second representation letter to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) to drop the criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges he faces with former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah. Najib and Mohd Irwan were charged in 2018 with six counts of CBT amounting to RM6.6bil in...

Najib withdraws appeal over legal bid to attend Parliament

PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has withdrawn his appeal to the Court of Appeal for leave to commence a legal challenge over the Prisons Department’s refusal to allow his request to attend Parliament sittings. The notice of discontinuance of the appeal was filed on July 12 by Messrs Shafee & Co, the legal...

Bank Negara never told of three Arab donation letters addressed to Najib, says Zeti

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia was never made aware about three letters regarding Arab donation from an individual alleged to be a member of the Saudi royal family and which were addressed to former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the High Court was told on Thursday (July 27). Former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri...

1MDB trial: Former Bank Negara governor Zeti arrives as prosecution witness

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz has been seen entering the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here for the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MBD) trial involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak. She is expected to testify against the former prime minister as a prosecution witness in the trial on Wednesday (July 26). Zeti's...

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses final bid to review 1MDB graft conviction

Malaysia's top court on Friday (March 31) dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib's judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict. Najib was jailed last year after Malaysia's Federal Court upheld a guilty verdict and 12-year prison...

MOH Releases Statement On Najib’s Health; Was Daughter Yana Lying?

  There’s been some talks about VIPs getting special treatments. It’s completely understandable for people to think so because of who these VIPs are and it’s hard not to think that people might treat them differently without even realising. Recently, netizens speculated that Siti Nurhaliza’s daughter was receiving special treatment at school to which she denied. Another VIP that...

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib needs ‘proper’ medical care, says daughter

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's daughter on Monday (Sept 12) called for "proper" medical care for her jailed father, three weeks into a 12-year sentence he is serving for corruption. Malaysia's top court on Aug 23 rejected an appeal by Najib, 69, to set aside his conviction on graft and money laundering charges in a case...