Najib on sick leave, 1MBD trial postponed 24 May 2021 / 13:19 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak s(
pix) 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) trial at the High Court here was postponed today as the former premier is on sick leave following an eye surgery last Thursday.
His lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed the matter when the court proceeding started at 10.20 am before Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah, who then gave Najib a one day off and ordered the trial to resume at 9.30 am tomorrow.
Muhammad Shafee also produced Najib’s medical certificate to court.
Earlier, the judge asked the lawyer, whether the trial could be conducted tomorrow, to which Muhammad Shafee said Najib s vision was not clear as he could not even sign a cheque.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has failed in its application to forfeit RM114mil allegedly belonging to Umno and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak that was seized from premises belonging to Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd.
This followed a decision by High Court judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin in dismissing the application by the prosecution to forfeit the money that was seized by the police at Pavilion Residences on May 17,2018.
In dismissing the application, Muhammad Jamil said the applicant had failed to prove that the money, amounting to RM114,164,393.44, was proceeds from money laundering.
However, he made no order for the money, which is with Bank Negara Malaysia, to be returned to the owners.
Thursday, 20 May 2021 04:04 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court May 20, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyers today sought to suggest that the now fugitive Low Taek Jho was akin to an octopus who had global reach in his scheme involving government-owned firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) funds.
In Najib’s ongoing trial today, his lawyers sought to highlight Low’s role in the siphoning of hundreds of millions of US dollars from 1MDB unit 1MDB Global Investments Limited’s (1MDB GIL) bank accounts into companies controlled or owned by Low, as part of Najib’s defence against the power abuse and money laundering charges in the trial.
Govt fails to forfeit RM114 million allegedly belonging to Umno, Najib (Updated) 20 May 2021 / 16:31 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government today failed in its application to forfeit RM114 million, allegedly belonging to Umno and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, that was seized from a premises belonging to Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd.
This followed a decision by High Court Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin in dismissing the application by the prosecution to forfeit the money that was seized by the police at Pavilion Residence on May 17, 2018.
In dismissing the application, Muhammad Jamil said the applicant failed to prove that the money, amounting to RM114,164,393.44, was proceeds from money laundering.