{
  "id": 216936,
  "title": "Bicara 1MDB: Mahkamah benar sebahagian penyataan saksi Tony Pua dipadam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/bicara-1mdb-mahkamah-benar-sebahagian-penyataan-saksi-tony-pua-dipadam",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T09:31:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/06/bicara-1mdb-mahkamah-benar-sebahagian-penyataan-saksi-tony-pua-dipadam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The High Court in Malaysia has dismissed portions of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's civil lawsuit against former Prime Minister Najib Razak, relating to the USD5.64 billion 1MDB scandal. Redzuan Idrus, the Assistant Crown Prosecutor, allowed Anwar's lawyers, led by Shafee Abdullah, to cut certain paragraphs after finding that those sections contained opinions and hearsay. The court focused on statements referencing media reports about the 1MDB scandal during Najib's tenure, including articles published by Sarawak Report. The hearing took nearly seven hours as Anwar presented his witness testimony. Anwar's lawyers argued that the media reports were necessary to substantiate his claims, rather than relying on hearsay. The court also upheld Anwar's objection to statements made by former Attorney-General Gani Patail, deciding to allow those statements to be heard as testimonial evidence and cutting the part referencing Gani's media reports. The court also dismissed Anwar's remarks about the cabinet reshuffle that led to the dismissal of Najib as Prime Minister. The court accepted the lawyers for Kelvin Tan, the former 1MDB investment manager, who argued that the use of the word 'scandal' to refer to 1MDB contained an accusatory intent and was derogatory, leading to their removal from the witness testimony. Another paragraph related to the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) was cut after the court found that Anwar was not part of the central bank investigation team. Individual paragraphs related to the investigation by Malaysia's Corruption Prevention and Corruption Remedies Commission (SPRM) were also dismissed due to Anwar's lack of direct involvement in the agency's investigation. Anwar was called to testify about significant events surrounding the 1MDB issue, particularly the political climate in Malaysia during that period. 1MDB is seeking to recover approximately USD5.64 billion from Najib and others for alleged mismanagement. The lawsuit, filed on May 7, 2021, also names former 1MDB executives Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, Casey Tang, Terence Geh, Vincent Beng, Radhi Mohamad, and Tan as defendants. Lawyers Lee Shih and Nathalie Ker represented the plaintiffs, with hearings continuing on August 10, where the court will resume considering Anwar's remaining witness testimony.",
  "summary": "Mahkamah Tinggi putus beberapa perenggan penyataan saksinya mengandungi pendapat atau dengar cakap.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Shafee bantah penyataan saksi Pua dalam prosiding saman 1MDB",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/shafee-bantah-penyataan-saksi-pua-dalam-prosiding-saman-1mdb",
        "published": "2026-08-05T07:52:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}