‘RM80k spent on cancer supplements’

KUALA LUMPUR: Supplements and vitamins amounting to RM80,000 was spent by Datuk Seri Najib Razak in 2013 for cancer prevention, specifically leukaemia, from the donation money he allegedly received from Saudi royalty, the High Court has been told.

The assistant director of the Anti-Money Laundering Criminal Investigation Division, Asst Comm Foo Wei Min, confirmed this when questioned by Najib’s lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah on the RM80,000 payout from Najib’s AmIslamic personal account ending with 694 to an entity known as Vital Spire Sdn Bhd, which the former premier said was for the blood cancer treatment recommended by a doctor.

Muhammad Shafee was questioning the 48th prosecution witness on the statements under Section 32 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA), which he (ACP Foo) recorded from Najib on Aug 27, 2018.

The lawyer then read out excerpts from Najib’s statement to ACP Foo, which included a claim that the supplements were for his general health and as a preventive measure as his father, the late Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, passed away of leukaemia.

Najib, 70, faces four charges of using his position to obtain bribes amounting to RM2.3bil belonging to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount. — Bernama