KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Although fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) was the alleged mastermind behind the transfer of millions of ringgit out of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), at the end of the day it was former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak who was the ultimate boss, said former 1MDB CEO Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman.
Hazem, testifying as a prosecution witness in Najib’s 1MDB-Tanore corruption trial, said this when senior defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah asked him who was the 1MDB “boss”.
Shafee queried Hazem whether he had raised concerns to Najib during his tenure as CEO from 2013 to 2015 when media reports began to surface about the sovereign wealth fund being in financial trouble.