This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly on July 22, 2019 - July 28, 2019
46 Shuzairizman Shuib, 40,
Bank Negara Malaysia analyst
The Bank Negara financial intelligence and enforcement department analyst agreed with lawyer Harvinderjit Singh’s suggestion during a cross-examination that the three AmBank relationship liaison managers — Krystale Yap, Joanna Yu and Daniel Lee — mostly likely communicated through BlackBerry, WhatsApp and Telegram messenger.
This was after Singh highlighted certain parts of the BlackBerry messenger transcripts whereby one person intends to communicate via different applications.
24 Wedani Senen, 45, (recalled)
AmBank electronic transfer and securities unit manager
Wedani confirmed that transactions made in 2015 from accounts linked to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho into the AmBank account of Datuk Seri Najib Razak include details which described the transfers as loan payments, and not donations as the former prime minister had claimed previously.
She said two of the transactions were labelled for “loan” purposes.
The transactions in question — from Vista Equity International Partners (Seychelles) and Blackrock Commodities Global Ltd — amounted to more than RM50 million between June and December 2014.
47 Yeoh Eng Leong, 50,
Senior vice-president of AmBank
Yeoh confirmed that transactions worth RM3.9 million spent by Najib on his two platinum credit cards was linked to his AmBank account ending 880. These transactions were carried out from 2014 to 2015, including those made at an Italian jeweller and a luxury hotel in Thailand.
AmBank Raja Chulan branch manager R Uma Devi has previously testified that part of the RM42 million from SRC International Bhd was transferred into Najib’s AmBank account ending 880.
The two cards, with a combined limit of RM3 million, were cancelled in April 2015. The last payments to the cards were made by Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil in March 2015.
48 Mohd Shuhaimi Ismail, 50,
Bandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd legal officer
Mohd Shuhaimi, a former senior partner with law firm Hisham, Sobri & Kadir and who acted for Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP), told the High Court that SRC will have to pay back more than RM9.2 billion for loans amounting to RM4 billion (RM2 billion each from the fund in 2011 and 2012, respectively).
Shuhaimi helped draft the loan agreements between KWAP and SRC in August 2011 and March 2012.
49 Ung Su Ling, 51,
former Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) chief executive officer
Ung said the instructions via WhatsApp message for her to transfer RM27 million and RM5 million on Dec 26, 2014 and RM10 million on Feb 10, 2015, to Najib’s AmBank accounts came from his former principal private secretary, the late Datuk Azlin Alias.
She said the RM42 million, purportedly from SRC, do not belong to YR1M, and that Azlin had directed her to transfer the funds from Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd, the CSR (corporate social responsibility) arm of SRC.
50 Cheah Tek Kuang, 72,
former AmBank managing director
The former managing director of AmBank said he went to Najib’s private residence to facilitate the opening of Najib’s two private bank accounts in 2011, and that Jho Low, who was already there, introduced him to the former premier.
Cheah explained the bank procedures and regulations to Najib and was witness to the forms being signed. He then informed the then-Bank Negara governor, Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, that Najib was signing up for savings and current accounts with AmBank.
She had no objections to it, but reminded him that the opening of the accounts had to be in line with banking rules and regulations.
51 Chee Suwen, 48,
former SRC International Bhd company secretary
Chee reveals that Najib had two roles in SRC — as adviser emeritus and corporate representative. He said he saw a certificate signed by Najib appointing himself as corporate representative.
52 S Mageswary, 35,
civil High Court senior assistant registrar
She was instructed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on June 3 to extract documents on a civil case involving a defamation suit by Najib against former MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik.
Although papers in a civil suit cannot be used in a criminal trial, the prosecution said the documents are important evidence as it contains a pleading that discloses Najib’s sworn affidavit regarding the RM42 million.
53 Datuk Fauziah Yaacob, 64,
former Treasury deputy secretary-general (investment)
Fauziah said companies owned by Ministry of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) should have a representative from the Finance Ministry on their boards to safeguard its interests. However, 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its subsidiary SRC did not.
She said the ministry appointed Datuk Dr Mohd Isa Hussain as director on the SRC board, and his appointment was approved by the then Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. However, she did not know the outcome of Isa’s appointment as she retired on July 29, 2015.
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