High Court rejects Najib’s bid to postpone ongoing 1MDB trial (Updated) 16 Feb 2021 / 15:44 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has rejected Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s (pix) bid to postpone the ongoing 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial pending a legal bid in a United States’ court.
Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had earlier told the court that his client was seeking to get the names of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) officials that allegedly received bribes from Goldman Sachs Group Inc and its former director Tim Leissner.
“In the proceedings in the US court, where Leissner and Goldman Sachs pleaded guilty, Leissner had actually said and admit to the fact that he has paid in terms of bribes to several officials in 1MDB.
Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021 04:10 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court February 10, 2021. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 Datuk Seri Najib Razak as prime minister had claimed to the Cabinet in 2010 that the late Saudi crown prince had donated to 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s charity arm Yayasan 1Malaysia Development Berhad (Yayasan 1MDB), a former senior government official who minuted Cabinet meetings told the High Court today.
Former Cabinet deputy chief secretary Tan Sri Mazidah Abdul Majid, 72, said Najib had also asked the Cabinet not to publicise the purported donation.