News by Hafiz Yatim

Justice Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, who is leading the three-member bench, interrupted submissions by counsel Harvinderjit Singh at times, asking him to move on as the issue he was covering had been submitted at length.

Chief executive officer, Ung Su Ling, had earlier claimed that the directions to transfer the disputed sum of RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds came from the former premier's principal private secretary, the late Datuk Azlin Alias.

This follows Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's use of words that Justice Nazlan “had poisoned his grounds of judgement” in describing his allegation that the court had incorporated something that was not there in the judge's findings, when calling a prima facie case, in the final judgement.

Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil said Najib’s defence team, led by Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, had to make a proper written application before the court to adjourn the hearing of Najib's appeal in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC’s case.

Lawyer Aliff Benjamin Suhaimi, who is representing the Taman Tun Dr Ismail Residents Association (TTDI), confirmed the hearing date

Najib had failed to disclose the contributor's identity while the party claimed that it was a political donation.

Rosli, who is represented by law firm Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership, had instructed the firm to demand, among others, that Lokman, Sallehuddin and Mohd Hanizam agree to pay RM10 million compensation each to Rosli.

Lawyer Datuk Tan Hock Chuan: What the prosecution is seeking is not from 1MDB's proceeds. They are making the application to forfeit following bonds issued by Goldman Sachs and basically on suspicion and no real hard evidence.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi, who leads the prosecution in the case, highlighted that billions of ringgit that have gone into the former premier's accounts are said to be from 1MDB. “These belong to 1MDB and it should not have ended up in a personal account, especially the former premier's AmBank 9694 account, where millions of US dollars went in.”

Musa's lawyer Tengku Fuad Tengku Ahmad and Jahid's counsel Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin informed the three-member panel, led by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, of the withdrawal of their appeals.