Mere phone call from Najib could not have influenced 1MDB-PetroSaudi joint venture, court told


PUTRAJAYA: The High Court was told that a mere phone call from Datuk Seri Najib Razak to a former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chairman could not have influenced the company's decision to enter into a joint venture with PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI).

Najib's lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin, in his submissions, said the conduct of 1MDB’s management and board of directors (BOD) showed they were already keen to proceed with the joint venture ahead of the said phone call between Najib and the former chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh.

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