71 cheques for RM15.2mil issued from Najib’s account in 2011, court told

71 cheques for RM15.2mil issued from Najib’s account in 2011, court told

AmBank branch manager R Uma Devi says the recipients included individuals, entities and political organisations.

AmBank branch manager R Uma Devi named former Umno Sri Gading MP Aziz Kaprawi as one of several recipients of money paid out of Najib Razak’s bank account.
KUALA LUMPUR:
The High Court in Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial was told that 71 cheques amounting to RM15.2 million were issued from the former prime minister’s bank account in 2011.

R Uma Devi, AmBank’s Jalan Raja Chulan branch manager, said all the cheques issued through Najib’s bank account ending with 694 were given to various individuals, entities and political organisations between March and December that year.

Among the individuals were former deputy transport minister Aziz Kaprawi (RM100,000), Jacob Dungau Sagan (RM200,000), Fakhruddin Ariff (RM30,000), Idris Abu Bakar (RM50,000), Abu Bakar Harun (RM30,000), Ishak Mohamad (RM30,000), Melati Ali (RM39,500), Minah Wee Wat (RM5,000) and Baijuri Faudzi (RM50,000).

The political organisations identified as recipients were Bandar Tun Razak Umno (RM200,000) and Indera Mahkota Umno (RM200,000).

Meanwhile, the entities who received cheques from Najib were Semarak Konsortium Satu Sdn Bhd, Orb Solutions Sdn Bhd, Qalif Umar Creative, Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia Bhd, Yayasan Rahah, Koperasi Wanita Pahang Bhd, Signature Exotic Cars Sdn Bhd, Shangri-La Hotel, Multi-Trans Sdn Bhd, Binsabi Sdn Bhd, World Vantage Enterprise, Zas Car Network Sdn Bhd, Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd, Icah Enterprise and Jakel Trading.

Najib is standing trial on 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering over alleged 1MDB funds amounting to RM2.28 billion deposited into his AmBank accounts between February 2011 and December 2014.

Najib, who is serving a 12-year jail sentence which was affirmed by the Federal Court in his SRC International corruption appeal last month, was present in court today.

The hearing before High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah will resume on Tuesday after the prosecution informed the court that Najib needed to see a doctor in the afternoon.

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