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  "id": 3488173,
  "title": "‘No comment’ 15 times: Lawyer asks High Court to make ex-1MDB CEO answer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/no-comment-15-times-lawyer-asks-high-court-to-make-ex-1mdb-ceo-answer",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T10:39:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/08/26/no-comment-15-times-lawyer-asks-high-court-to-make-ex-1mdb-ceo-answer/232764"
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  "summary": "The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has heard an application from lawyers representing defendants in a US$5.64 billion civil suit against 1MDB, urging the court to compel former CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Halmi to answer questions. Senior Counsel GK Ganesan, representing Kelvin Tan, one of the defendants, argued that Shahrol had repeatedly responded with \"no comment\" during cross-examination, hindering the pursuit of the truth. Ganesan cited relevant provisions of the Evidence Act 1950 to support his request and also sought guidance from the Judicial Commissioner (JC) Mohamad Redzuan Idrus on how to proceed. The case was filed by 1MDB and its subsidiaries on May 7, 2021.",
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  "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."
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