BACK TO THE WALL NAJIB TRIES TO SEND COURT OFF ON ANOTHER JHO LOW ‘WILD GOOSE CHASE’: ‘MY CLIENT WAS MANIPULATED BY CERTAIN PEOPLE & THEY HAVE GAINED TREMENDOUSLY’ – DEFENCE NOW WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RM60 MIL THAT DIDN’T GO INTO EX-PM’S A/C, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS ‘NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 7 VERY SPECIFIC CHARGES’

11.56am: Court stands down for 10 minutes.

11.51am: Harvinderjit explains the money trail from Gandingan Menteri to Ihsan Perdana to judge Nazlan.

11.40am: Harvinderjit begs to differ, saying if the parties conducting these transfers and the signatories of Gandingan Mentari and SRC are the same.

“My client was manipulated by certain people and they have gained tremendously.”

11.36am: Harvinderjit said it is desirable and necessary to discover where the more than RM60 million went to as it did not go into Najib’s account.

Nazlan: But it has nothing to do with the charges.

Harvinderjit: A bigger portion has ended up elsewhere and going to unknown recipients. It shows that is part of the same transactions.

Sithambaram: This case is based on seven charges. Specific charges. This court is not to conduct an inquiry on how the other money is spent or where it has gone.

The prosecution urges the judge not to go on “a wild goose chase”.

11.28am: Harvinderjit tells the court after cross-examination that these three transactions from Gandingan Mentari only showed RM40 million when, in fact, the total was RM103 million. 

The bulk of the money was transferred out by Ihsan Perdana by way of cheques, he said.

11.08am: Harvinderjit confirms the payments, telling the court he may request further information from Rosaiah.

11am: Defence lawyer Harvinderjit Singh cross-examines Rosaiah.

10.37am: Court stands down for 10 minutes.

10.35am: Rosaiah confirms the following amounts from Gandingan Mentari AmIslamic deposited to Ihsan Perdana Affin Bank account number 10618000108, based on single credit confirmation advice generated from RENTAS

1. RM42 million on December 24, 2014

2. RM5 million on February 5, 2015

3. RM5 million February 6, 2015

10.28am: Another RM5 million cheque from Gandingan Menteri to Ihsan Perdana on February 6 was also cashed.

Rosmah Mansor, wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, leaving the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex today. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, April 24, 2019.

10.19am: Rosaiah confirms that Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd, which has an account in Affin Bank, received RM40 million in December 24, 2014 from an AmIslamic bank account.

The AmIslamic bank account was under the name Gandingan Mentari.

The checking and approval of the cheque was done on the day it was received.

She tells court that Ihsan Perdana received RM5 million from Gandingan Mentari on February 5, 2015.

10.12am: Rosaiah Rosli, processing officer at Affin Bank, is the next witness. She will be reading out a written statement.

She is explaining the role of her job at this time with regard to RENTAS or real-time electronic transfer of funds and securities system.

THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT