Short day, with Irwan Serigar the only witness.
9.30am: Accused Najib Abdul Razak enters the Kuala Lumpur High Court and takes a seat at the front row of the public gallery.
Also seen in court are Attorney-General Tommy Thomas and other DPPs, as well as members of Najib’s defence team.
9.43am: Najib enters the dock as proceedings begin.
9.45am: Former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah takes the oath to testify. Defence counsel Farhan Read begins examination-in-chief.
10.30am: Irwan testifies that only in exceptional circumstances can government guarantee be given to new companies.
The third defence witness says this only happens if the project by the new company is a sure thing.
Farhan is asking a general question on when a government guarantee can be issued.
Najib’s RM42 million SRC International case involves the issuance of government guarantee for RM4 billion in loans from Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) to SRC.
10.38am: Irwan testifies that it usually takes over a month to receive cabinet approval for government loan guarantees.
“It depends. It can take one to three months, it can take less than a month, depending on the urgency needed. Normally, it is one to three months, the average needed,” he says.
During the prosecution stage of the RM42 million SRC trial last year, prosecution witness Maliami Hamad, who was former senior finance ministry officer, testified that orders came from then finance minister Najib through intermediaries, to rush the processing of SRC’s application for a government guarantee for the billions of ringgit in loans from KWAP to SRC.
10.48am: In relation to a question from Farhan on the extent of involvement in the second government guarantee issued for KWAP’s second RM2 billion loan to SRC in early 2012, Irwan says he was not involved in any discussion on the matter.
He says he merely signed the related memo, prior to being tabled at the cabinet, as the then Treasury secretary-general was not around to sign the memo.
Irwan was then deputy Treasury secretary-general in early 2012.
“Number one was not around, so they went to me, the number two, to get signature on the memo and send to the minister,” Irwan says.
10.53am: Irwan testifies that then second finance minister Husni Hanadzlah never told him that he (Husni) was instructed to sign a memo for a second government guarantee for a RM2 billion loan to SRC.
Irwan says this when Farhan asks whether Husni had ever told Irwan that he (Husni) was instructed to approve the memo.
The memo was later sent to the cabinet in early 2012, regarding the government guarantee for the second tranche of the RM2 billion loan to SRC.
11.11am: Court adjourns for a short break.
11.32am: Proceedings resume.
11.39am: Najib’s defence team wraps up examination-in-chief of Irwan.
Defence counsel Harvinderjit Singh informs the High Court that he has no further questions after briefly taking over from Farhan in questioning Irwan.
Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali then allows proceedings to go for a brief break to allow the prosecution to prepare a cross-examination of Irwan.
Since morning, Irwan had been testifying without a prepared witness statement.
12.06pm: Proceedings resume.
12.07pm: DPP V Sithambaram informs the High Court that the prosecution has opted not to cross-examine Irwan.
12.12pm: Najib’s defence team will have a fourth defence witness ready to testify on Monday, the High Court hears.
Nazlan then adjourns proceedings for today and to resume at 9am on Monday.
On Tuesday and Wednesday next week, an Australian expert will also examine the disputed signature on documents linked to the SRC case.
Earlier reports:
Feb 4, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 75
Feb 3, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 74
Jan 23, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 73
Jan 23, Stumbling for Answers at SRC Trial, Najib Is Schooled on Court Proceedings
Jan 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 72
Jan 22, Court Allows Najib to Call Expert to Verify Signatures
Jan 21, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 71
Jan 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 70
Jan 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 69
Jan 8, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 68
Jan 7, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 67
Jan 6, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 66
Jan 6, Prosecution’s Application to Impeach Najib Dismissed, Judge Ruled No Contradictions Given
Dec 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 65
Dec 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 64
Dec 18, Najib’s Defence Like Infamous VK Lingam’s Looks Like Me, Sounds Like Me, but Not Me
Dec 12, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 63
Dec 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 62
Dec 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 61
Dec 9, RM500K Birthday Watch for Rosmah, RM3.3M Jewellery Gift for Ex-Qatar PM’s Wife
Dec 5, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 60
Dec 3, Najb’s SRC Trial: Day 59
Dec 3, Najib’s Day in Court
Aug 27, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 58
Aug 23, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 57
Aug 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 56
Aug 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 55
Aug 19, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 54
Aug 14, SRC Trial Postponed as Najib Down with Sore Eyes
Aug 13, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 52
Aug 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 51
Aug 7, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 50
Aug 6, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 49
Aug 5, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 48
Aug 1, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 47
July 31, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 46
July 29, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 45
July 25, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 44
July 24, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 43 Vacated
July 23, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 42
July 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 41
July 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 40
July 17, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 39
July 16, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 38
July 15, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 37
July 11, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 36
July 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 35
July 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 34
July 8, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 33
July 3, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 32
July 3, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 31
July 1, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 30
June 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 29
June 19, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 28
June 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 27
June 17, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 26
June 14, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 25
June 13, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 24
June 12, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 23
June 11, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 22
June 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 21
May 28, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 20
May 27, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 19
May 15, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 18
May 14, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 17
May 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 16
May 8, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 15
May 7, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 14
May 7, Najib Fails in Second Bid to Remove Sri Ram as 1MDB Lead Prosecutor
May 7, Najib Signed Guarantee Letter for RM2B KWAP Loan to SRC, KWAP Rules Breached
May 6, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 13
May 2, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 12
May 2, RM1M Golden Handshake in Final Month as PM for Najib
Apr 30, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 11
Apr 29, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 10
Apr 29, Court Throws Out Najib’s Application to Strike Out 7 SRC Charges, Trial to Go On
Apr 25, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Nine
Apr 24, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Eight
Apr 24, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Seven
Apr 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Six
Apr 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Five
Apr 17, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Four
Apr 16, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Three
Apr 15, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Two
Apr 3, Najib Trial: Day One