Wednesday, 20 May 2020 03:08 PM MYTDatuk Seri Najib Razak speaks to his lawyer Tan Sri Muhamaad Shafee Abdullah during a break at the Kuala Lumpur High Court May 20, 2020. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Ong was appointed to the board of 1MDB in 2010. He was also the chairman of 1MDB board’s audit and risk management committee. Both men were also conferred the title of Tan Sri by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2013 and even on the same day, said Shafee. “The process was his name first came out via Jho Low, but you must remember that the prerogative to appoint board members was entirely up to Datuk Seri Najib, so I did not perform any further checking on his background, because I saw this as Datuk Seri Najib wanted him on board.