Former 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex September 26, 2019. ― Picture by Firdaus Latif
Testifying against Najib at the latter’s 1MDB corruption trial, Shahrol said he had received queries from financier Low Taek Jho or Jho Low on whether he was interested in moving to Pemandu to which he responded that he prefers to oversee projects in 1MDB to completion. However, I did tell him that I felt that there was so many things left undone in 1MDB, mainly the real estate projects, Tun Razak Exchange and Bandar Malaysia as well as our plan to improve the IPP environment in Malaysia.Shahrol: I was surprised to be informed by Tan Sri Lodin at around February or January board meeting on 2013 where Tan Sri Lodin informed the board that I was about to be moved to Pemandu.