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.

Kuala Lumpur: An investigating officer admitted in court today that she did not ask former prime minister Najib Razak whether he had instructed a top 1MDB executive to remit US$700 million to a company owned by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, popularly known as Jho Low.

Kuala Lumpur: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, once informed 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo that “a lot of money” had been deposited in Najib Razak’s accounts to fund Barisan Nasional and Umno, the High Court heard today.

Kuala Lumpur: The High Court heard today that former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo never entered the private residence of Najib Razak when the then prime minister signed off on investment documents linked to the company.

Kuala Lumpur: Former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo told the High Court today that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, always gave the impression he was close to former prime minister Najib Razak.

PETALING JAYA: A constitutional lawyer says there is no law compelling the Federal Territories Pardons Board (FTPB) to make its decisions public, amid speculation that former prime minister Najib Razak will be granted a pardon for his corruption conviction.

PETALING JAYA: Utusan Malaysia has issued an apology over an article claiming that former prime minister Najib Razak had been granted a royal pardon.

Kuala Lumpur: Former prime minister Najib Razak never lodged complaints with the authorities regarding the misappropriation of 1MDB funds, a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer told the High Court here today.

Kuala Lumpur: Low Taek Jho — the now fugitive Malaysian businessman — planned yacht holidays abroad for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s family in Europe as far back as the late 2000s, an investigating officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said in the former prime minister’s 1MDB trial today.