Thursday, September 5th, 2019 at , News
Najib’s former officer reveals secret overseas bank accounts
by RAHIMI YUNUS/ pic by RAZAK GHAZALI
A FORMER aide to Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak (picture) has provided a riveting testimony in the former prime minister’s (PM) corruption and money laundering trial related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
In what was dubbed the world’s largest financial larceny ever engineered, Datuk Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin’s testimony provided substantial insight into the financial scandal that helped bring down a government.
Four days into the hearing, Amhari Effendi, who was in Najib’s former inner circle, testified that the ex-PM and his alleged co-conspirator Jho Low had orchestrated action plans to contain 1MDB’s fallout and bail the company.
Amhari Effendi also said Jho Low, whose real name is Low Taek Jho, had instructed him and the late Datuk Seri Azlin Alias to open overseas bank account each that could potentially be used to keep political funds for the 13th General Election (GE13).
Accounts in Singapore
“Jho Low said this matter has received blessing and we were ordered to open these bank accounts for ‘just in case and standby’. Azlin and I understood this ‘blessing’ was from Najib,” Amhari Effendi said.
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