Difficult to get Saudi royal family to testify over RM2.6bil donation, says Najib

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the High Court here Thursday (Jan 23) that it would be difficult for the defence to get a member of the Saudi royal family to testify about the RM2.6bil donation that he had purportedly received between 2011 and 2014.

The 67-year-old former prime minister said this when asked during cross-examination by deputy public prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram if any member of the royal family would be called to court to confirm the matter.I put it to you, from day one, that you knew as a fact these monies never came from the Saudi royal family.Sithambaram:

Unfortunately, no member of the Saudi royal family would come to court and confirm this, correct, Sir?At this point, Sithambaram said it was also convenient for the accused not to call them to court to maintain his story to which Najib disagreed. To another question, the former finance minister said he did not know who was the owner of Tanore Finance Corporation, the party named as the receiver for the US$620mil funds that the former premier had returned.

Najib said, in fact, he did not check whether the owner of the company was a royal family member of Saudi Arabia or rather because Low Taek Jho or better known as Jho Low, was a conduit to the royal family.I cannot confirm.In hindsight, instead of asking Jho Low to whom the money was sent, would it not be more prudent to check with the donor?It is a very large sum of money.

 

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Nope God made the donation and He will never testify because as we all know God never appears in public! 😉

donation with payback time + interest

Spending is easy for you

Yr side kick Zahid 'met' the royalty, why don't you ask him to vouch for u?

Just admit your crimes, go to jail, save everybody’s time and money.

Sithambaram: How do you personally know this as a fact? Did the royalty put both of you in a room and told you that Jho Low is their nominee? Najib: No... I know it as a fact. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If you feel the Saudi royal family presence is so important in your defence, the is no such thing as difficult to get them unless otherwise.

But he could call the prince and ask for back dated agreement for his son....

What so difficult ?

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