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PUTRAJAYA – Datuk Seri Najib Razak knew about the RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd entering his bank accounts as evidenced in a sworn affidavit in a civil suit he filed against former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik, the Federal Court heard today.
During his submission in the former prime minister’s final appeal hearing today, ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said this was corroborated by lawyer Ranjit Singh who testified at the high court on July 29, 2019.
“The learned judge (Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali) rightly decided that the appellant’s (Najib) sworn affidavit provided the direct evidence, which confirmed the appellant’s knowledge that RM42 million was transferred into his account from SRC.
“The appellant only did not know that the funds were transferred through GMSB (Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd) and IPSB (Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd).
“The evidence of Ranjit Singh showed the actual knowledge of the appellant (Najib) through the admission in the pleadings filed on his behalf and his own sworn affidavit in the civil suit he instituted against Tun Ling Liong Sik,” said Sithambaram.
Najib had maintained he had no knowledge of the source of the funds.
During the 2019 trial, Ranjit was asked to verify the original copies of the writ of summons and statement of claim related to the suit filed by Najib through his then lawyer Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun on October 30, 2015.
Ranjit also testified that Najib admitted that some US$700 million (RM3.13 billion), supposedly part of a donation from an “Arab donor”, had entered his bank accounts along with RM42 million from SRC.
However, Ranjit said Najib had no personal knowledge that the money was channelled through two intermediaries – GMSB and IPSB.
Ranjit had represented Ling in the civil suit.
Najib had sued Ling after the latter allegedly made a defamatory statement during a function at Tunku Abdul Rahman University College in Kuala Lumpur on October 3, 2015. – The Vibes, August 19, 2022