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.
PUTRAJAYA: The prosecution in the appeal filed by Datuk Seri Najib Razak has slammed his defence that a RM4bil loan was approved to SRC International Sdn Bhd in the name of national interest.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said it had been the mantra of the defence that the appellant, Najib, had supported the RM4bil loan and the government guarantee (GG) was for “national interest”.
He was submitting the prosecution’s rebuttal at the hearing of the appeal filed by Najib against his conviction and sentence before a three-man panel of the appellate court here yesterday.
Sithambaram said Najib’s fingerprints could be seen from SRC’s formation, its loan application to the Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP), his intervention in the loan application, and his influence in the approval of the GG for a successful loan application up to the rushed disbursement of the monies but after the funds were received by SRC, it appeared that the Pekan MP was no longer interested in what hap
Wednesday, 03 Mar 2021 05:51 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
The announcement today comes just less than a week after the Finance Ministry’s February 26 success in striking a deal with AmBank Group’s holding company AMMB Holdings Berhad for the banking group to pay RM2.83 billion as global settlement of all claims related to its involvement in the 1MDB matter. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 Audit firm Deloitte PLT has agreed to pay US$80 million (RM324 million) to the Malaysian government as settlement of all legal claims related to their fiduciary duty on the auditing of accounts of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and SRC International Sdn Bhd from 2011 to 2014, the Finance Ministry announced today.
Saturday, 23 Jan 2021 03:19 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
The Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir said that there was nothing wrong with the transfer of judges from court to court as it is up to the Chief Justice of Malaysia, FMT reported. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 The Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir said the transfer of judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali who convicted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak last year is a “normal” matter.
Free Malaysia Today (FMT), quotes Salim who said that there was nothing wrong with the transfer of judges from court to court as it is up to the Chief Justice of Malaysia (CJM).