Bekas CEO 1MDB nafi layan Jho Low seperti PM
Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi berkata, beliau pernah berkomunikasi dengan Najib Razak melalui Jho Low namun tidak layan ahli perniagaan itu seolah-olah dia PM.
Former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi admitted to not knowing if Jho Low informed Prime Minister Najib Razak about the Serdar oil field dispute. During a hearing at the High Court today, he clarified that he had never served Jho Low, also known as Taek Jho, like a Prime Minister. However, a fourth witness in the 1MDB defamation suit claimed that he had communicated with the Prime Minister through an unofficial channel, Jho Low.
He stated this when questioned by attorney GK Ganesan, representing Kelvin Tan Kay Jin, the former investment manager of 1MDB, who is also defendant number seven. The issue arose when Ganesan questioned whether Shahrol Azral had communicated directly with Najib regarding the Serdar oil field dispute between two countries, which involved a RM1 billion joint venture agreement.
Ganesan asked whether Shahrol Azral, 56, believed it was important or sufficient for Najib to know that two countries were concerned about ownership of Serdar, to which he responded, Yes. The witness also admitted that he had no knowledge of whether Jho Low had informed Najib about the Serdar oil field dispute. Ganesan asked, In reality, were you serving Jho Low as if he were the Prime Minister of Malaysia?
Shahrol Azral disagreed. 1MDB and its subsidiary, 1MDB Energy Holdings Limited, 1MDB Energy Limited, 1MDB Energy (Langat) Limited, and Global Diversified Investment Company Limited (formerly known as 1MDB Global Investments Limited), filed a lawsuit on May 7, 2021, naming Najib, former 1MDB financial director Terrence Geh Choh Heng, former financial director Kelvin Tan, former legal advisor Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, Vincent Beng, former finance lawyer Radhi Mohamad, Kelvin Tan, and former investment manager Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil as defendants.
Last week, 1MDB agreed to drop the civil lawsuit against Radhi without the option to file it again. Earlier, 1MDB also withdrew Loo's name from the lawsuit. The lawsuit between the plaintiffs and defendants accuses the plaintiffs of breach of trust, statutory violation, abuse of power, and conspiracy to defraud 1MDB's funds. The testimony before Chief Justice Mohamad Redzuan Idrus continues tomorrow.
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