US$30mil sent to Najib’s account

Court date: Najib (second from right) arriving at the High Court here yesterday accompanied by prison guards for the 1MDB trial. — GLENN GUAN /The Star

Witness: Money was from shell company believed to have been set up by Jho Low

KUALA LUMPUR: A personal account belonging to former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak received US$30mil from a shell company, Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners – purportedly set up by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, an analyst from Bank Negara told the High Court here.