AmBank gave info on Najib’s bank accounts during probe, BNM officer tells court

Former prime minister Najib Razak, who has been accused of money laundering and criminal breach of trust in the transfer of RM42 million to his account from a former 1MDB unit.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court in Najib Razak’s SRC International trial heard today that a Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) enforcement officer obtained eight documents, including on four bank accounts opened in the name of the former prime minister at an AmBank branch here.

Azizul Adzani Abdul Ghafar said he obtained the documents from Jalan Raja Chulan bank branch manager R Uma Dewi on July 6, 2015.

“I was sent by investigating officer (Ahmad Farhan Sarifuddin) as the central bank was investigating a case under the Financial Services Act and the anti-money laundering law,” Azizul, the second witness in the trial, said when examined by deputy public prosecutor Suhaimi Ibrahim.

Azizul, who has been with BNM since 2000, said he also obtained another four documents from Uma Dewei – three on SRC International and one on Gandingan Mentari’s bank accounts.

agreed to his request and delivered all the documents sought.

“After she handed over the documents, I itemised them in the search list,” he said.

Najib faces six charges of money laundering and criminal breach of trust in the transfer of RM42 million to his account from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.

He is also accused of abusing his power as prime minister by giving government guarantees on SRC International’s RM4 billion loan from Retirement Fund Inc.

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