News by Hafiz Yatim

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.

Malaysia’s highest court decided on the matter today after hearing the case involving former lorry driver P Chandran, who died in police custody in Kuala Lumpur in 2013 after his medical needs were not attended to.

"Kenari Maluri has no locus or right to intervene. The company is not even a shareholder in Semantan. Yet it claims to represent the majority shareholders (in Semantan Estates) to act on behalf of the company (Semantan Estates) against the government.”

Chu Jong and Chu Pak were previously shareholders of Ageson who resigned from their directorships in June last year.