‘Najib had Cabinet’s approval’

Day in court: Najib arriving at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur for the 1MDB case trial. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak had obtained the Cabinet’s unanimous approval for a letter of support for the issuance of US$3bil in bonds by a subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), 1MDB Global Investment Bhd (1MDB-GIL), the High Court has heard.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer Nur Aida Arifin, 37, agreed with a suggestion by Najib’s lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin that the then finance minister had attended a Cabinet meeting on March 13, 2013 and presented a memo to the ministers for their approval on the bond.