Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told the High Court today the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has yet to receive the investigation papers (IPs) from the police in relation to a probe into Loo, also known as Jasmine Loo.

“She is still under police custody. Once we receive the IPs from the police, I will seek instructions from my superiors and we will inform the court if we will call her,” he told Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah.

Lawyer Shafee Abdullah had earlier asked the prosecutors to confirm if they intended to call Loo to testify as a witness.

Sequerah then told both the prosecution and defence that he and Loo were at one time partners in the legal firm Zain & Co.

“But that was as far as the connection goes,” he said.

Sequerah said Loo left the law firm about 15 years ago, while he was elevated to the bench in 2014.

Earlier this month, home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed that Loo had been arrested by police.

He said she had been remanded for 1MDB-related investigations and  her lawyers had confirmed that she was “ready to offer her cooperation to the police and government”.

Saifuddin said Loo is being investigated under Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust.

A warrant of arrest had been issued for Loo, who went missing in May 2018 along with several other key individuals linked to the 1MDB scandal – former SRC International CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, former 1MDB executive director Tang Keng Chee, and Geh Choh Heng.

All four left Malaysia just before the 14th general election on May 9, 2018.

The authorities later sought Interpol’s assistance to track them down.

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