PUTRAJAYA: Three arrest warrants for alleged money laundering have been issued against Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
According to Kuala Lumpur Criminal High Court assistant registrar Nabilla Md Yusof, all three warrants were issued by two Magistrate's Courts in 2018, with two applied for by the police and one by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The 16th defence witness, who was under examination-in-chief by defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's RM2.28bil 1MDB graft trial, said she did not know if the warrants were enforced.
"There was no update on the documents to the courts. Any developments would be updated in the court filing system. My job is to process the warrant applications and to fix mention dates," she said on Thursday (April 10).
Nabilla also said that she was not privy to any other court order on the matter as she was not involved in the proceedings.
At this juncture, Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah interjected and asked the defence about their line of questioning.
Muhammad Shafee said that the testimony was important as Loo is one of the individuals allegedly involved in the misappropriation of 1MDB funds.
He said court documents showed that Loo was facing charges on money laundering, which were still pending.
Justice Sequerah then instructed the defence to include the argument in its submissions.
During cross-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib, Nabilla said Loo was never charged with any offences.
She said the charges were merely attached to the arrest warrants by the police and the MACC.
She also agreed to a suggestion that it was not her responsibility to ensure if the warrants were executed.
She further agreed that the charges, as attached to the arrest warrants, were never read out in court.
Loo, a person of interest in the 1MDB scandal, is said to be a close associate of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low.
She was on the run abroad for about five years before surrendering to the police in July 2023.
On Oct 30, 2024, Najib was ordered by the High Court to enter his defence on four counts of using his position to obtain RM2.28bil gratification from 1MDB's funds and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount.
The hearing continues on Tuesday (April 15).
