Former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Jamil Khir Baharom told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today that he personally heard a donation pledge allegedly made by the late King Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia to former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak in 2010.

Jamil, 64, said he overheard the matter during an informal meeting between Najib and King Abdullah at the latter’s palace in Riyadh on Jan 11, 2010.