1MDB TRIAL | The prosecution will issue a subpoena for former 1MDB executive Jasmine Loo to be ready to testify against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak beginning Feb 13.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court today was informed this by deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib in relation to the RM2.27 billion 1MDB corruption trial against former finance minister Najib.
Trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah was asking the prosecution to ensure an extra witness is on standby so that such a witness can step in in case the present witness is unable to resume with testimony.
Sequerah then pointed out what transpired today when MACC investigating officer Nur Aida Arifin, the 49th prosecution witness, could not come to court today until at least tomorrow due to being down with contagious fever and flu.
Akram then explained that Loo was the next witness after Nur Aida.
Sequerah: Make another witness available, just in case.
Akram: The subpoena will start on Feb 13 (for Loo to be ready to testify in court).
Due to Nur Aida being on medical leave, Sequerah adjourned today’s trial to Wednesday.
In July last year, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced Loo’s arrest to assist authorities in expediting asset recovery efforts related to the 1MDB scandal.
Cooperating with authorities
The legal team of Loo - who was alleged to be a close associate of 1MDB-linked fugitive Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) - said in a media statement that it is her priority to cooperate with law enforcement.
Arrested on July 7 last year, she was alleged to have been a recipient of the misappropriated 1MDB funds. However, she has since been released from custody and is currently under safe protection by the authorities.
Loo, a law graduate, was one of the suspects wanted by authorities to facilitate a probe into the troubled state investment arm.
Concerning the 1MDB case, Najib is on trial over four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering involving RM2.27 billion from 1MDB.
For the four abuse of power charges, the former Pekan MP is alleged to have committed the offences at AmIslamic Bank Bhd’s Jalan Raja Chulan branch in Bukit Ceylon, Kuala Lumpur, between Feb 24, 2011, and Dec 19, 2014.
On the 21 money laundering counts, Najib is purported to have committed the offences at the same bank between March 22, 2013, and Aug 30, 2013. - Mkini
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