: A Ministry of Finance senior official today told the High Court here that the documents for a memorandum to the Cabinet on the government’s guarantee for SRC International Sdn Bhd must be prepared immediately as the company belonged to former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.
The 40th prosecution witness said this during a re-examination by deputy public prosecutor Datuk Suhaimi Ibrahim on the 29th day trial of Najib, who is facing seven charges of misappropriation of SRC funds totalling RM42 million. Afidah Azwa: For the application process of five government guarantees, we have time to arrange for meetings and to call the relevant ministries, discuss and study the company’s account apart from to know the projects to be implemented to be forwarded to the Cabinet.Afidah Azwa: A few hours after a meeting with Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil and Zahid Taib.Afidah Azwa: They were in front of me as I typed what they were saying on the laptop.Afidah Azwa: Maliami said he received instructions.
However, deputy public prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said: “Whenever the witness said something not favourable to the defence, they objected it. This is ridiculous.”