Jho Low's name not mentioned in cabinet meeting minutes - witness
1MDB TRIAL | A witness told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that fugitive businesperson Jho Low's name was not found in the cabinet meeting minutes during Najib Abdul Razak's administration.
Former cabinet deputy chief secretary Mazidah Abdul Majid said this in her testimony at the ex-premier's RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial...
1MDB TRIAL | A witness told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that fugitive businesperson Jho Low's name was not found in the cabinet meeting minutes during Najib Abdul Razak's administration.
Former cabinet deputy chief secretary Mazidah Abdul Majid said this in her testimony at the ex-premier's RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial.
Mazidah was replying to a question from deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib if Low's name cropped up in the cabinet minutes.
During examination-in-chief earlier, the 11th prosecution witness said she could not remember if Low's name cropped up during the cabinet meetings she attended.
Akram then tendered voluminous amount of cabinet minutes for her to peruse through to check if the businessperson's name was ever mentioned.
Akram: Based the documents before you, was Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, ever mentioned in these documents?
Mazidah: No.
Yesterday, the witness testified that the cabinet in 2010 agreed with Najib's suggestion not to publicly announce an alleged donation from Saudi royalty to the 1MDB Foundation.
During the examination-in-chief yesterday, Mazidah said that Najib told the cabinet he held formal and informal engagements with various parties from the Middle East and received a positive response on matters involving Malaysia's interests.
She testified that Najib told the cabinet that Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Saud indicated he agreed to hand over a donation to the 1MDB Foundation.
In previous proceedings, the court heard testimonies about Low's alleged role in the case, such as former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi testifying that Low claimed he could get Najib to bulldoze a US$6 billion letter of comfort.
Shahrol's testimony was in relation to the letter of comfort for a US$6 billion government guarantee for a joint venture between 1MDB and Aabar Investment PJS Ltd (BVI) through which 1MDB would commit US$3 billion while Aabar would also commit US$3 billion.
Proceedings before judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah will resume this afternoon after lunch break.
Najib is on trial for four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering involving RM2.28 billion of 1MDB's funds.
Besides being the former prime minister, Najib was also the finance minister and chairperson of 1MDB's board of advisors.
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