KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak “bulldozed” his way for a ministerial letter to support the issuance of US$3bil (RM12.6bil) in bonds for a joint venture (JV) between 1MDB and Aabar Investment PJS, the High Court heard.
Former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, 49, testified that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, had told him this when he questioned whether the Finance Ministry would be able to issue the letter of support (LOS) in time.
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