Bekas CEO 1MDB nafi buat perjanjian dengan pendakwa raya

Former CEO of 1MDB, Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, has denied allegations that he made a deal with the lead prosecutor, Gopal Sri Ram, to give evidence on behalf of the company. Kuala Lumpur: Shahrol refuted the claim that he had made any arrangement with Sri Ram to give testimony in support of the company, stating that Sri Ram, who acted as the primary prosecutor in the criminal case against 1MDB, did not offer him any incentive for doing so in exchange for dropping the lawsuit against him.

A fourth witness in the 1MDB lawsuit claims that he was awarded USD5.64 billion in damages, according to Shafee Abdullah, who represented former Prime Minister Najib Razak, the first defendant in the case. Shafee asked: Did Sri Ram ever meet with you? Shahrol replied: Yes. Shafee: Did you ever have lunch together? Shahrol: Yes, once.

Shafee: Did you make any arrangement with Sri Ram? Shahrol: No. Shahrol also stated that he never asked Sri Ram why he needed to give testimony on behalf of 1MDB while the company had filed the lawsuit against him. Sri Ram has denied making any such promise, adding that he hoped to be protected from any further legal action. The witness also stated that he did not know why 1MDB dropped the lawsuit against him.

However, he did not agree with the suggestion that he would be comfortable providing testimony in the criminal case due to the promise made on his behalf by the prosecutor, fearing that he would be shielded from any further legal action. 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 the lawsuit on May 7, 2021.

They named Najib, former head of 1MDB's finance, Terrence Geh Choh Heng, former executive Casey Tang Keng Chee, former legal advisor Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, Vincent Beng, former finance manager Radhi Mohamad, Kelvin Tan, and former investment manager Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil as defendants. Last week, 1MDB agreed to drop the civil suit against Radhi.

Prior to that, 1MDB also dropped Jasmine's name from the lawsuit. The lawsuit accused the plaintiffs of misappropriation of funds, violating statutory duties, abuse of power, and conspiring to siphon off 1MDB's funds. The hearing before magistrate Mohamad Redzuan Idrus continues the following day.