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.