1MDB trial: Witness assumed payment to Aabar agreed by Najib


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court here on Monday (Sept 30) that he had never questioned who decided on the total of US$576,943,490 (RM2.4bil) in security deposit payment to Aabar Investment PJS Ltd as he had assumed that it was agreed upon by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Shahrol Azral, 49, when reading his witness statement, said he had signed the remittance form totalling US$576,943,490 submitted by Terence Geh (1MDB director) without suspicions to be paid to Aabar Investment's account at BSI Bank SA, Lugano, Switzerland from the Falcon Private Bank (Hong Kong) account owned by 1MDB Energy Ltd (1MEL) as presented by 1MDB lawyer, Jasmine Loo.

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