KUALA LUMPUR: The key witness in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial did not rule out the possibility that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was accused of abuse of power and money laundering involving the sovereign wealth fund, was manipulated in the scandal.
Former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, 49, agreed that the Pekan MP could have been "played" by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, whom the witness described as a "conductor of an orchestra".
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