When cross-examined by ad hoc prosecutor V Sithambaram, though, he said he had not checked the exact amounts with anyone including his principal private secretary at the time, Azlin Alias, or the person authorised to manage his accounts, Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil.

“If they said I could issue cheques, I would issue them. They did not tell me the specific amounts,” he said.

AmBank officer Badrul Hisam Mohamed previously testified that RM10.7 million was paid out to various individuals, companies and political parties.

Sithambaram, who is leading the prosecution in the SRC International trial, said he found the situation strange.

“I need to know how this works,” he said. “You did not find it strange when neither individual told you the balance in the accounts?”

To this, Najib said: “I had a sense that there was enough money. It was their job to make sure there was enough money.”

He agreed to Sithambaram’s suggestion that he had no knowledge of the source of funds in his three AmBank accounts except that they were from an “Arab donation”.

He said he learnt that the alleged source was SRC International only after the money became an issue.

Sithambaram then said to Najib: “I do not mean to show any disrespect towards you, but I recall when police raided your house last year, you complained about chocolates being missing.”

However, Najib said it was his daughter who had made the complaint.

The hearing before High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali will continue on Jan 6 next year.

Najib faces six charges of money laundering and criminal breach of trust in the transfer of RM42 million to his account from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.

He is also accused of abusing his power as prime minister by giving government guarantees on SRC International’s RM4 billion loan from Retirement Fund Incorporated.