<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡11日讯）首相署前部长拿督斯里贾米尔将在今天的SRC International私人有限公司审讯中成为前首相拿督斯里纳吉辩护的第五位证人。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>贾米尔将作证，以佐证纳吉的辩护，纳吉被控涉嫌挪用政府资金，把4200万令吉存入他的个人账户。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>前大马驻沙地阿拉伯大使Professor Datuk Syed Omar Alsagoff昨日向法庭表示，告诉他有关沙地捐款目的的是纳吉，而不是皇宫。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>根据Syed Omar，纳吉与沙地国王进行私人会晤后告诉他，这笔捐款将用于选举。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>控方还在交叉盘问中询问了Syed Omar有关从国王那里收到的所谓捐款的细节，尽管这位证人说他没有这方面的信息。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>副检察司Sithambaram还询问证人，王室是否希望接受捐赠的人归还未使用的部分，Syed Omar说，他从未听说过这种情况。</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：魏素雯）</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><em>English version：<a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/src-trial-jamil-khir-testify-najibs-defence-today">SRC trial: Jamil Khir to testify in Najib’s defence today</a></em></p></div>


（吉隆坡11日讯）首相署前部长拿督斯里贾米尔将在今天的SRC International私人有限公司审讯中成为前首相拿督斯里纳吉辩护的第五位证人。

贾米尔将作证，以佐证纳吉的辩护，纳吉被控涉嫌挪用政府资金，把4200万令吉存入他的个人账户。

前大马驻沙地阿拉伯大使Professor Datuk Syed Omar Alsagoff昨日向法庭表示，告诉他有关沙地捐款目的的是纳吉，而不是皇宫。

根据Syed Omar，纳吉与沙地国王进行私人会晤后告诉他，这笔捐款将用于选举。

控方还在交叉盘问中询问了Syed Om...

SRC审讯：贾米尔出庭作证

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<p>Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Friday.</p>


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<p>The creation of Flexible Account 3 for anytime withdrawals from May 11 means Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members can choose to take out up to a third of the balance in their existing Wellbeing Account 2.</p>


<p>China passed a law on Friday strengthening its trade defence capabilities as the US and the European Union take aim at Beijing over excess industrial capacity.</p>


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<p>Global&nbsp;stocks were higher on Friday, as Big Tech gains lifted Wall Street shares, while Japan's yen&nbsp;sank to a&nbsp;34-year low after the Bank of Japan (BOJ)&nbsp;kept&nbsp;monetary policy loose.</p>


<p>Wall Street's main indexes advanced on Friday as most megacap growth stocks rose after robust quarterly results from Alphabet pushed its market value over US$2 trillion (RM9.5 trillion), while an in-line inflation reading calmed interest rate jitters.</p>


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<p>FRANKFURT/BERLIN/PRAGUE (April 26): Thyssenkrupp&nbsp;will sell a 20% stake in its steel business to the energy holding controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel&nbsp;Kretinsky, a major breakthrough for the German conglomerate after years of unsuccessful attempts to divest the unit.</p>


<p>WASHINGTON (April 26):&nbsp;Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Friday for additional air defence systems to be sent to Kyiv to help protect against Russian strikes, adding that a pause in US&nbsp;funding had helped Moscow seize the initiative.</p>


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<p>The Perak government is expected to establish cooperation with Star Group Industries (SGI), a leading South Korean company with experience in the production of downstream products of rare earth elements (REE).</p>


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<p>Richly valued US&nbsp;stocks are leaving investors with little tolerance for disappointment, raising the stakes ahead of a week in which two more technology and growth giants are set to report.</p>


<p>US&nbsp;regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to Fulton Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing regional banks a year after the collapse of three peers.</p>


<p>Nomination&nbsp;for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election opened at 9am on Saturday at&nbsp;the Hulu Selangor Multipurpose Hall and District Sports Complex here.</p>


<p>Apple Inc&nbsp;has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the start-up’s technology to power some new features coming to the iPhone later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.&nbsp;</p>


<p>Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.</p>

<p>The quakes, within half an hour of each other in the early hours of the morning, shook buildings in the capital, Taipei.</p>
