Najib's phone call not to be recorded in minutes of meeting

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court was told that 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former director and chairman Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh instructed that a telephone call between him and Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should not be recored during a 1MDB-PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) joint-venture (JV) meeting in 2009.

Former 1MDB chief executive officer, Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi said the special meeting of the 1MDB board of directors (BOD), chaired by Mohd Bakke on Sept 26,2009, was held to decide whether to proceed with the joint venture between the two companies.