‘Najib issued cheques for RM8.4mil’


KUALA LUMPUR: In 2011 and 2012, Datuk Seri Najib Razak had issued 38 cheques for RM8.4mil from his personal account as payment to 18 people, six political entities, and six companies, the High Court here has been told.

AmBank (M) Bhd senior manager (Cheque Processing Centre Division) Badrul Hisam Mohamad, 48, said among those who received the cheques were former land and cooperative development minister Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam and former human resources minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem, each amounting to RM100,000.

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