Najib paid nearly RM23mil for international media team services, says witness


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told on Wednesday (June 21) that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic) made payments of nearly RM23mil through 39 cheques to Semarak Konsortium Satu Sdn Bhd for providing international media team services and English speechwriters to the former prime minister between 2011 and 2014.

The company’s director, Datuk Mohd Omar Mustapha, 51, said that the company received payments totalling RM22,981,688 between March 3, 2011, and April 23, 2014, as it provided various services, including preparing English speech texts, for Najib, either domestically or abroad.

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