24 Apr 2024, 16:41 Kuching
24 Apr 2024, 09:41 London
A witness told the High Court today that Datuk Seri Najib Razak was genuinely “shocked” and upset after finding out someone had transferred RM42 million into his personal accounts through Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd (IPSB) between 2014 and 2015.
During cross-examination by Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, IPSB managing director Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman said he had visited Najib at the latter’s private residence on Jalan Langgak Duta shortly after being released from Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) custody in 2015.
According to Dr Shamsul, he explained that the only reason he had met with Najib after he was released from custody was to update the former prime minister on his arrest and wellbeing.
Shafee: When you went to see Datuk Seri Najib and told him your story, what was his reaction?
Dr Shamsul: He was shocked about somebody putting money into his account.
Shafee: He (Najib) didn’t know why?
Dr Shamsul: He said he didn’t know who put money in his account and why it was through (IPSB’s bank account) me.
Shafee: Could you describe the situation then?
Dr Shamsul: He wasT very upset. Without his knowledge, somebody putting money through another company. I didn’t discuss further.
This will not be the first time that the former prime minister has confused the rest of us.
After all, what would anyone else do in such a situation besides going straight to the police back then in 2015 to explain how awful it was to discover they had been spending tens of millions in stolen public money on holidays and bribes and jewellery and all the rest?
However, what Najib actually did was shut down the police, MACC and Bank Negara investigations and then sack the Attorney General who had drawn up the charges resulting from Dr Shamsul’s testimony.
He then proceeded to tell the world there was “no wrongdoing” at 1MDB (of which SRC was a key subsidiary) and that no money had been stolen etc etc etc. He claimed Jho Low had had nothing to do with the management of 1MDB for years and that they were not in communications.
He also banned this website, which had alerted the public in the first place and triggered the very investigations, which produced the evidence that he was apparently ‘shocked’ to find out about. Not only that he issued charges of fake news, plus activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy and a terrorism Red Notice Alert against this editor.
How strange is that if he was so “genuinely shocked” to learn that he had been receiving and spending stolen money?
Nothing to be ashamed of, of course, since all other people who are conned lose money instead of making millions.
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