1MDB trial: Jho Low was 'boss', Najib was the 'big boss', witness tells court

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KUALA LUMPUR: A former AmBank relationship manager to Datuk Seri Najib Razak testified that she had believed fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho to be the adviser to the former prime minister.

Joanna Yu, 51, told the High Court that she had no doubt that Low, better known as Jho Low, represented Najib.

Yu said during meetings with 1MDB, Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi , Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, and Terence Geh referred to Low as"boss" and Najib as"big boss". The prosecution witness was testifying at Najib's graft trial involving the misappropriation of RM2.28bil from 1MDB funds."No," the witness answered.

"That one I was worried there would be repercussions and I believed Jho Low communicated with Datuk Seri and that he received instructions,” Yu said.

 

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