, better known as Jho Low, had requested former Ambank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping to lie for the purpose of cashing out three bank drafts totalling RM139 million issued by SRC International Sdn Bhd’s AmBank account, the High Court here heard.
Yu, 48, said the bank draft was supposedly issued to pay Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd on behalf of Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd, which was not a subsidiary of SRC at that time.She said Jho Low also asked her to “make up a story” about the bank draft issued to AmBank and Public Bank. She said this during cross-examination by counsel Harvinderjit Singh on the 47th day of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s trial here today. Najib is facing seven counts of misappropriation of SRC funds totalling RM42 million.Harvinderjit: To your own bank and Public Bank?Yu: Yes.Questioned further, Yu revealed that the SRC’s money was transferred to Najib’s account to avoid being overdrawn.
Najib, 66, is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust, one count of abusing his position and three counts of money laundering involving SRC International funds amounting to RM42 million.
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