1MDB ex-CEO gave priority to directives from Jho Low, Najib's lawyer tells court


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PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence counsel in the 1Malaysia Development Berhard (1MDB) trial has argued that the company's senior management, specifically former chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, had acted improperly.

Lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin said that Shahrol Azral had done so by allegedly prioritising the instructions of fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) over the directives of the 1MDB board of directors.

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