'Where did the RM42m in Najib's accounts come from?'

If Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) did not channel RM42 million into Najib Abdul Razak's two bank accounts, then where did the money come from?

This was the poser raised in the testimony of former Y1RM chief executive officer (CEO) Ung Su Ling (above) during examination-in-chief by DPP Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul today at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Ung said that the late Azlin Alias, who was both Najib's private secretary and also one of the trustees of YR1M, had contacted her on Dec 24, 2014, and directed her to tell Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd's (IPSB) managing director Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman to transfer RM27 million and RM5 million into AmBank accounts ending with 880 and 906.

IPSB was the working partner of YR1M in conducting community works. The relationship worked in the way that YR1M was one of IPSB's funders and the latter would carry out projects for the foundation as and when ordered.

Testifying at Najib Abdul Razak SRC International corruption trial, Ung said that in February  2015, Azlin had once again instructed her to order Shamsul to transfer monies into the '880' account.

The amount this time was RM10 million. Ung testified that the monies were transferred to IPSB's account, but it could not be established if she knew who had transferred them.

Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul

"Referring to the RM27 million, RM5 million and RM10 million (transferred into Najib's AmBank accounts '880' and '906' between December 2014 and February 2015) that totalled RM42 million, I confirm that the money was not YR1M funds.

"I was told by Azlin to direct Shamsul to transfer the money into the accounts. I was informed that all this money was for corporate social responsibility (CSR) purposes," said Ung.

She added at that time, she did not know that the accounts belonged to Najib.

Ung's testimony today corroborated Shamsul's previous testimony where he told the court that he had ordered the fund transfers after receiving instructions from Ung.

Shamsul also testified that at the time of the transfers, he did not know that the AmBank accounts belonged to Najib.

He also told the court that he did not know that SRC International money had gone into the IPSB account until authorities began investigations into the companies.

"We did not know where the money came from. We guessed that the money came from the funder (1MDB and Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia [YR1M])," Shamsul had said. - Mkini