{
  "id": 647437,
  "title": "Peguam Najib kemuka 109 bantahan terhadap pernyataan saksi bekas CEO 1MDB",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/peguam-najib-kemuka-109-bantahan-terhadap-pernyataan-saksi-bekas-ceo",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/12/peguam-najib-kemuka-109-bantahan-terhadap-pernyataan-saksi-bekas-ceo-1mdb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and several individuals face 109 challenges from 1MDB over a USD5.64 billion lawsuit that accuses them of misappropriating misappropriated funds, according to the civil suit filed by 1MDB. Shafee Abdullah, Najib's former attorney, presented these 109 challenges to the High Court today, arguing that the statements contain hearsay and opinions. Lee Shih, 1MDB's solicitor, informed Judge Redzuan Idrus that his team needs time to investigate all the challenges before responding in court. \"Based on our preliminary research, approximately 80% of the challenges seem to relate to hearsay allegations,\" he said. Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, the former 1MDB president and CEO, was expected to testify later, but his testimony has been delayed until tomorrow. According to the opening statement by 1MDB, Shahrol is expected to provide testimony on various stages of the alleged fraud. The lawsuit seeks to recover approximately USD5.64 billion from Najib and others, claiming that the money had been misappropriated. The four companies owned by the national wealth — 1MDB Energy Holdings Ltd, 1MDB Energy Ltd, 1MDB Energy (Langat) Ltd, and Global Diversified Investment Company Ltd — filed the suit on May 7, 2021. The defendants also include Najib's former CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, former executive director of business development Casey Tang, former deputy general manager Terence Geh, and former investment manager Vincent Beng, former operations manager Radhi Mohamad, and former investment director Kelvin Tan.",
  "summary": "Peguam 1MDB Lee Shih berkata kira-kira 80% daripada bantahan itu berkaitan keterangan dengar cakap.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
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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."
}