The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 25: If only I could turn back time
aliran.com - Over and over again, we have heard 1MDB’s ex-CEO testify about how he had wholeheartedly trusted Casey Tang, Jho Low and, most of all, Najib Razak – because he believed that they only had...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 28: Pay it back
aliran.com - Proceedings kicked off yesterday morning with former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Halmi still on the stand, where he has been for more than a month. Patrick Teoh presents for the Malaysian Insight. In...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 29: Where’s the money?
aliran.com - Remember the $500m (RM2.1bn) 1MDB lent to PetroSaudi? It turns out that 82m Swiss francs (RM343m) from the total amount was diverted to Good Star, a company linked to fugitive businessman...
View ArticleMACC phone recordings: Rosmah berates Najib for looking like a ‘villain’
aliran.com - In this Malaysiakini video, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission releases audio recordings of several telephone conversations involving former premier Najib Abdul Razak with regard to...
View ArticleDon’t shoot the messenger: Recordings revealed by MACC are of public interest
aliran.com - On 8 January 2020, at a press conference, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) released nine secretly recorded telephone conversations. The recordings were purportedly...
View ArticlePH presidential council must listen to people’s pleas
aliran.com - Many are hoping that the government of the day will act more decisively in resolving these two crimes, the Altantuya murder and the 1MDB scandal, writes JD Lovrenciear. Whatever the...
View ArticleMalaysians have never been this confused
aliran.com - Building a nation takes more depth and breadth than pressing a like button, writes Mary Chin. Malaysians have never been this confused. So confused the services of the police, who are...
View Article3 unsolved mysteries that haunt Malaysia
aliran.com - The day we can solve these three mysteries will be the day honour, dignity and the good name of the nation will be restored, writes JD Lovrenciear. 1. Altantuya murder The murder of...
View ArticleBe transparent over recovered 1MDB assets worth RM1.3bn
aliran.com - The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) refers to news articles reporting that the US Department of Justice has returned another RM1.3bn of recovered 1MDB assets to...
View ArticleIs it a sweetheart deal?
aliran.com - The deal offered to Najib Razak’s stepson Riza Abdul Aziz surprised many quarters last week. In fact, many questions remained unanswered especially since ex-Attorney General Tommy Thomas...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 103: No special treatment
Najib Razak was back in court on 26 September after a one-week stay in hospital rather than the prison over an undisclosed health problem. The disgraced former prime minister, dressed in a blue suit,...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 104: What Najib wants, Najib gets
A former treasury official told the High Court on 27 September that a letter of support issued by the government to enable 1MDB Global Investment Ltd to secure a $3bn bond was done in haste. Testifying...
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The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 105: Going, going, gone
AmBank Raja Chulan branch manager Uma Devi told the Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday that no red flags were raised when $620m was remitted from jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s AmBank...
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The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 106: Billion dollar gift
Former Prime Minister Najib Razak allegedly received a total of $1.2bn (RM5.4bn) from an Arab donor in two separate transactions in 2011 and 2013, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard yesterday. Ambank...
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The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 107: Argue 1MDB in court, not media
Prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram told Najib Razak’s lawyers yesterday to argue his 1MDB case in court instead of the media. Sri Ram told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that lead defence lawyer Shafee Abdullah...
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The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 108: Banker feared quizzing Najib
An ex-AmBank group managing director told the Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday he did not dare ask why Najib Razak was about to receive a $100m (RM465m) donation from Saudi Arabia in 2011. Cheah Tek...
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The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 109: Do it yourself
High Court judge Collin Sequerah yesterday ticked off Najib Razak’s lawyers over their attempts to postpone the cross-examination of witnesses in the ongoing 1MDB trial. The stern warning from the...
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The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 110: RM10bn bond issue
The Najib Razak trial heard yesterday that businessman Low Taek Jho had approached Ambank in 2009 for a RM10bn bond issue with a 30-year tenure for a sovereign wealth fund to develop Terengganu but...
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Stolen 1MDB money could have financed Perak budget for 28 years, says economist
Speaker: Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid, board member, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research If Najib Razak serves his full 12-year prison term, he will be out in 2034. But it will be 2037 by the time...
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What’s still brewing at 1MDB?
Last week former Prime Minister Najib Razak was acquitted by the High Court over the tampering of a 1MDB audit report. Separately, the government announced that a deal had been reached with the Abu...
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