News by Timothy Achariam

Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Iskandar Ahmad told the High Court they will prove that she had misappropriated these funds meant for the government which she received in her capacity as director-general of the Research Division of the Prime Minister's Department.

The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial is set to continue today with its chief executive officer (CEO) Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman still on the witness stand.

Vell Paari made the application in a suit he filed against Samy Vellu to determine whether the former MIC president's mental state would cause him to be unable to manage himself and his affairs.

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal against his conviction in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial will commence on Feb 15, 2021. 

During examination-in-chief today, Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman, who is testifying against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the 1MDB-Tanore trial as the 10th prosecution witness, said he received a salary of RM93,000 a month as chief operating officer (COO) when he first joined 1MDB in August 2012. Mohd Hazem said that when he was promoted to chief executive officer (CEO) in March 2013, he received a salary of RM97,000. Furthermore, during his tenure, he received a five-month bonus in his first year when he was COO and a 10-month bonus when he was CEO.

Today, deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Mustaffa P Kunyalam is expected to finish Mohd Hazem’s reexamination before senior DPP Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram starts asking the witness several questions

This was due to the fact that KPMG had found out that Najib, as 1MDB’s shareholder, was aware of 1MDB’s bogus investments in Brazen Sky Ltd, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands by Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), Mohd Hazem told the court during Najib's 1MDB-Tanore graft trial.

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had used part of the US$3 billion raised by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) — initially intended for the development of the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) — to acquire land in Ayer Itam, Penang as part of Umno’s campaigning leading up to the 2013 General Elections (GE13), the High Court heard today. According to former 1MDB chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman, who is currently testifying as the 10th prosecution witness in the 1MDB-Tanore trial, the land was to be utilised to build an affordable housing development.

Last week, Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah said that 24 pages out of the over 100 pages containing Mohd Hazem's witness statement were hearsay and should be inadmissible in court.

Justice Sequerah made his ruling today after two and a half hours of submissions from both parties.