Najib Abdul Razak appointed Mohd Sidek Hassan as a member of 1MDB’s board of advisors (BOA) as the then premier thought the latter’s salary as then chief secretary to the government (KSN) was too low, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard.

Sidek also testified that during his appointment to BOA for six years since late 2010, he was never invited to any meetings to discuss issues related to the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund...