Lawyer Shafee Abdullah refuted reports published yesterday claiming Najib Abdul Razak knew the money deposited into his bank account was not from Saudi Arabia.

At a press conference after the former prime minister’s trial today, Shafee emphasised that his client continues to maintain that the RM42 million deposited into his personal bank account was a donation from a Saudi monarch.

“He (Najib) answered based on the court’s decision (regarding the earlier criminal proceedings), but based on his own knowledge...