News by Paw Ai Chin

"Jho said 'they complained to daddy', which means Prince Turki had informed King Abdullah."

"The resolution approved an annual remuneration of RM120,000 to Najib as chairman of the board of advisers, and another RM96,000 as a member of that board."

Justice Mohd Nazlan ruled that the reasons stated by the prosecution, led by former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, to delay the trial were truly unnecessary and unjustified, as there are other deputy public prosecutors who can handle Mohd Isa's graft case.

Riza's application to transfer his case involving the money laundering charges to the High Court was dismissed by Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, who ruled that the Sessions Court is more than competent to handle Riza's case.

Tengku Adnan, popularly known as Ku Nan, is charged with receiving RM1 million through a Public Bank cheque belonging to Pekan Nenas Industries Sdn Bhd into the former minister's CIMB Bank account.

This followed Tengku Adnan claiming that the judge, who had fined a businessman RM1.5 million for abetting him in receiving the money, will not give the former minister a fair trial.

Shafee further read that the formation of TIA was to ensure that the state continues to receive some form of revenue should its oil well dry up.

The property developer made a sudden change by pleading guilty to the alternative charge prior to the trial which is scheduled to commence in two days.

Both parties had been ordered to file their respective written submission by Nov 1.

Najib is facing four charges of abuse of power and 21 charges of money laundering involving RM2.28 billion of 1MDB funds.