Najib's administration asked Saudi Arabia for funds to finance 2013 general election

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NSTnation “He (Najib) signalled to me (after the meeting) to follow him and we went to the middle of the meeting room.

Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said the matter was also kept a secret from the public then.

Jamil Khir was testifying as the fifth defence witness in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC International Bhd trial, where the former prime minister is accused of misappropriating RM42 million of the company funds.Earlier in the morning, Jamil Khir testified that the late King Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia decided to transfer “political aid” to Najib’s personal bank accounts to avoid “complications”.

“The private meeting was held after an unofficial meeting, a day before Najib’s official visit to the Gulf country.“The meeting is very private as it only involved King Abdullah, his translator, Najib and me,” he said when reading his witness statement before judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali. “He wanted to ensure that the then federal government could retain power due to its ability to ensure unity among races and to curb Shia ideology .

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