Najib pleads not guilty (Live Updates)


KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pleaded not guilty at the High Court here to three charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) in his capacity as Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Advisor Emeritus of SRC International, in which he was entrusted with RM4bil.

He is alleged to have misappropriated funds through various banks in Malaysia on three occasions between Dec 24, 2014 and March 2, 2015; amounting to RM27mil, RM10mil and RM5mil.

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