PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak would have known the balance in his personal bank accounts due to the millions of ringgit in cheques that he had issued, the Court of Appeal heard.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said it was unbelievable that Najib had operated a large multi-million account without knowing the balance.
“The value of the cheques issued makes it inevitable that the appellant had knowledge of the account balance. If I had millions in my account, I would check it daily, ” the prosecutor said in jest.
Sithambaram also said any suggestion of ignorance of the bank balance was evidence that the appellant blatantly attempted to hide his knowledge of the bank balances.
Najib abandoned his defence by admitting he told Jho Low to pad his bank account, court hears
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Najib not knowing his own bank balance is unbelievable , court told
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PUTRAJAYA: Fugitive CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil was the trusted lieutenant of his former boss Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the misappropriation of RM42mil from SRC International Sdn Bhd funds, the Court of Appeal heard.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram told a three-man bench of the appellate court that Najib s attempt to disassociate himself from Nik Faisal s actions was not credible as his (Najib) directions were given to the SRC board of directors via Nik Faisal.
He said this clearly showed Nik Faisal was the conduit between Najib and the SRC board. Similarly, to suggest Nik Faisal went rogue in relation to the letter of instruction to AmBank (regarding Najib s personal accounts) is simply outrageous, he said here on Monday (April 19) when making the prosecution s rebuttal in the hearing of Najib s appeal against his conviction and sentence.