The High Court today heard that financial fraud investigator Richard Templeman did not trace whether the US$620 million (RM2.54 billion) returned by Najib Abdul Razak to Tanore Finance Corporation was subsequently routed back to the former prime minister.

United Kingdom-based Templeman said this during cross-examination by Najib’s counsel Shafee Abdullah in 1MDB’s US$5.64 billion civil suit against Najib and six others.

Shafee asked, “Did you trace...