KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial has been adjourned this morning as former 1MDB chief executive officer (CEO) Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman was unwell.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Mustafa P Kunyalam informed the court that Hazem was unwell and had a fever, so he may not be able to attend the trial today.
In response, High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah instructed Hazem to undergo a swab test and utilise all the resources at his disposal, to ensure that he is not infected by Covid-19.
Following that, the judge had asked the prosecution to call up their next witness. Mustafa then said they needed some time to alert the 11th prosecution witness, former deputy chief secretary to the Cabinet Tan Sri Mazidah Abdul Majid, for her to come to court.
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak instructed his Cabinet during a meeting in 2010 to keep mum about the "donation" from Saudi Arabia's crown prince Prince Saud Abdulaziz Al-Saud to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) charity arm Yayasan 1MDB, a prosecution witness told the High Court here today.
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.