Witness: 1MDB not allowed to engage in loan agreement without Najib's okay


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court here has heard that 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) was not allowed to engage in any more loan agreements after May 2009 without Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s approval.

Former 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, 49, said this on Monday (Sept 30), on Day 15 of the trial of the former prime minister’s case involving 1MDB.

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