PETALING JAYA: The US department of justice’s (DoJ) confidential agreement with Low Taek Jho is a matter separate from the Malaysian government’s efforts to arrest the fugitive financier, says Johari Ghani.

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today varied Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam’s sentence for intimidating a key witness in Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial by substituting his jail sentence with a one-year bond of good behaviour.

PETALING JAYA: The US justice department (DoJ) is said to have inked a confidential agreement with fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, to reach a global settlement to the forfeiture of 1MDB assets.

Kota Kinabalu: The United States (US) Ambassador to Malaysia Edgard D. Kagan is confident that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) will continue to look for assets and return stolen funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) to benefit all Malaysians.

Kuala Lumpur: The prosecution in Najib Razak’s 1MDB corruption trial has closed its case after calling 50 witnesses.

PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak kept a portion of the purported “Arab donation” he received as a contingency to prevent his Barisan Nasional government from collapsing through the defection of MPs, the former prime minister’s 1MDB trial heard today.

Kuala Lumpur: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, was the puppet master in determining how 1MDB made its investments, despite holding no position in the government- linked company, the High Court heard during former prime minister Najib Razak’s corruption trial today.

PETALING JAYA: 1MDB, SRC International Sdn Bhd and nine local and foreign entities linked to them have filed a lawsuit against Rosmah Mansor and a fashion designer seeking to recover a total of US$346 million (RM1.64 billion) in misappropriated funds.

Kuala Lumpur: The High Court heard today that Najib Razak believed the shell company, Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners, was either controlled or owned by the government of Saudi Arabia.

Kuala Lumpur: The investigating officer in Najib Razak’s 1MDB case told the High Court today that all witnesses, including the former prime minister, were given the opportunity to explain themselves when statements were recorded from them.