Loo says Jho Low went from friend to foe

KUALA LUMPUR: They used to be good friends, even going for holidays abroad together, but things turned ugly for Jasmine Loo as she claimed to have been threatened by Low Taek Jho during her isolation in Bangkok, the High Court has heard. The former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) general counsel also told the High Court that...

1MDB trial: Jho Low swore to make my life a ‘living hell’, Jasmine Loo tells court

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...

Najib accountable for his actions, court told

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...

Five charged with gang robbery of semiconductor factory

IPOH: Five men were charged at a Sessions Court here for committing gang robbery at a semiconductor factory. Mohd Nizam Abd Rahim, 40; Junaidy Ali, 46; Muhamad Rozaidi Yusoff,42; Rizuan Mohamad Yusof, 32; and Zairul Nizam Mohd Sazali, 47; claimed trial to the charges before Sessions Court Judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad on Tuesday (Oct 3). According to...

‘Unemployed’ Rosmah received large sums of money in her account, court hears

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution will prove that an "unemployed" Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor received large sums of money into her current account at Affin Bank Berhad and used it to pay telephone and credit card bills incurred by her and members of her family. Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the wife of Datuk Seri...

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...

Prosecution to call 10 witnesses in singer Yasin’s drug trial

PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Aug 9) was told that eight to 10 prosecution witnesses are expected to be called to testify in the drug case trial of nasyid singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman. Deputy public prosecutor Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin informed the court about the matter during the case management...