Billions of ringgit was to buy votes, High Court told


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told that the US$681mil received by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak from Tanore Finance Corporation was said to be used to "buy votes" in preparation for the general election in 2013.

A senior officer with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Nur Aida Ariffin, 37, said the monies were received through Falcon Private Bank Singapore and channeled into an AmPrivate Banking account with ending number 694 some time in 2013.

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