Najib Razak may be a prisoner of the state, but speculation continues over his appeal for both a pardon and a review of the Federal Court decision that imprisoned him two weeks ago.

While that goes on, a well dressed Najib turned up for his 1MDB case at the High Court today from the Kajang Prison - without handcuffs but with a phalanx of prison guards.

He was there as the prosecution's 36th witness, Badrul Hisyam Mohamad testified that the former prime minister had issued 38 cheques worth RM8.4 million between 2011 to 2012 to several entities, individuals and political parties.

Najib Razak turned up for his 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case at the High Court today from the Kajang Prison looking healthy, days after it was reported that the convicted politician had suffered a stomach illness.

The prosecution's 35th witness, Yeoh Eng Leong told the court this afternoon that the former prime minister had two credit cards with a limit of RM3 million each.

Yeoh, the former vice president in the credit card department at Ambank, divulged that the credit limit given to Najib was among the highest at the bank.

Prisoner Najib Razak turned up for his 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case at the High Court today despite an overnight stay in hospital.

The prosecution's 26th witness, Siti Zauyah Mohd Desa told the court that as the company's former deputy secretary, chairman Mohd Bakke' Salleh's resignation as 1MDB chairman was not recorded in the company's meeting minutes.

Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial resumed this morning at the Kuala Lumpur High Court after a break to allow him to attend his final appeal in the SRC case.

His appeal failed on Tuesday and he was sent to jail.

What should have been just another day, was anything but, as Najib, who used to arrive with a posse of supporters was instead driven into the court basement in a Kajang Prison vehicle under heavy police escort. – August 25, 2022.

Former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azrol Ibrahim took orders directly from former Prime Minister Najib Razak when the sovereign wealth fund lost US$700 million, former finance minister II Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

1MDB had taken a US$1 billion loan from Deutsche Bank to obtain a 40% share in the 1MDB-Petrosaudi joint venture project.

However, US$300 million was remitted to the JV company, while US$700 million went to Good Star, a company controlled by Low Taek Jho at RBS Coutts Bank.

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Former finance minister II Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that he was merely "menurut perintah" or following orders when he signed documents relating to 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

Husni said all documents relating to 1MDB and its subsidiary SRC International had gone through then finance minister Najib Razak before landing on his desk.

His testimony was marked with heated exchanges, just like the last time he testified and was questioned by Najib's lawyers.

Deutsche Bank Malaysia Bhd (DBMB) was pressured to accelerate a US$1 billion remittance order to meet former prime minister Najib Razak’s deadline, a banker told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

Jacqueline Ho Yek Wan, the former managing director at DBMB, said Casey Tang, the former executive director of 1MDB, had told her that the remittance had to be done by 4pm on September 30, 2009.

She was informed that the matter was important as it was part of a government-to-government deal that Najib was going to announce in a press conference.

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A total of US$61 million and £9.46 million was transferred into former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s private account in AmBank between 2013 and 2014, a senior bank official told the court today.

Wedani Senen, AmBank’s Swift unit manager said that all the funds were channelled through seven transactions to two accounts ending with numbers 880 and 694 belonging to the Pekan lawmaker.

AmBank's SWIFT unit manager Wedani Senen today told the court that close to US$670 million was transferred to Najib Razak's personal bank account in a span of three years from an individual and two different companies.

That entire amount was only from five transactions from a total of 12 that were channeled into two different accounts belonging to the former prime minister.

Former Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance Siti Zauyah Mohd Desa told the court the government has to pay a US$3 billion loan taken by a subsidiary 1MDB.

Siti Zauyah testified that the loan was sanctioned by the then Barisan Nasional government under Najib Razak, who was the prime minister and finance minister when he signed off the letter of support in 2013.