1MDB: Full summary of judge's ruling ordering Najib to enter defence

The courts have released judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah’s summary judgment today, ordering Najib Abdul Razak to enter his defence in the 1MDB case.

Among others, Sequerah ruled that Najib had a responsibility to take reasonable steps to ascertain whether the US$681 million deposited into his account - and later returned US$620 million - was from unlawful activities or otherwise.

“Under all the circumstances, I find that the accused was also ‘wilfully blind’ with regard to his failure to inquire into the origin of these funds when the circumstances were such that he ought to have done so,” the judge opined while ruling that prosecution had proven intent of crime for the money laundering charges.

On the matter of hearsay evidence as alleged by the defence, Sequerah ruled that the communications made between the prosecution witnesses and the persons who cannot be found - which includes Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) - were made during the course of their ordinary business, and hence fell under the exception to the hearsay rule in the Evidence Act 1950.

The full summary is as follows:

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Najib's daughter on storms, Zahid on real culprits, Zaid on cooking eggs

Court decision ordering Najib to enter defence welcomed - Bersih

Najib did not apologise expecting favourable outcome, says lawyer

Najib ordered to answer RM2.27b 1MDB graft case

1MDB charges against Najib valid - judge