Najib Trial Day 38 As Cimb Senior Manager I Wrote Speeches For Nazir

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The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged misappropriation of funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd enters its 37th day today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings
Summary of Najib’s SRC RM42 million caseNajib is facing 7 charges relating to RM42m involving SRC International, a former 1MDB subsidiary
1 abuse of power charge3 criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges3 money laundering chargesClick to view information on judge, prosecution and defence teamKEY HIGHLIGHTS'As CIMB senior manager, I wrote speeches for Nazir'Jho Low was principal at Winton Group, confirms witnessRM42m in Najib's accounts not from YR1M, says ex-CEOYR1M largely relied on Genting money for its programmes - witness'YR1M trustees comprise Najib, his aides and 1MDB chairperson'Najib arrives in court'As CIMB senior manager, I wrote speeches for Nazir'10.14am - Even as CIMB senior manager, Ung Su Ling wrote speeches for then-group CEO Mohamed Nazir Abdul Razak (photo)
Ung, the former CEO of Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M), says this was what she did when she worked in Nazir's office between 2006 until 2009
"Yes, I was in the group CEO office. I was a senior manager, but the personal assistant to group CEO at that time (Nazir). I wrote his speeches," she tells lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah during cross-examination
Nazir is the brother of the accused, Najib Abdul Razak
Jho Low was principal at Winton Group, confirms witness10.16am - Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho (photo) was a principal at investment management firm Winton Group
Former Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) CEO Ung Su Ling confirms this during cross-examination by lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah
Shafee: Winton Group, is it not connected to Jho Low
Ung: Yes, he was principal at Winton
Earlier, she said she had served at Winton Group between 2004 and 2006. RM42m in Najib's accounts not from YR1M, says ex-CEO9.30am - The RM42 million banked into two of Najib Abdul Razak's AmBank accounts did not come from Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M), testifies former CEO Ung Su Ling
Ung says she was only told by Azlin Alias, Najib's chief private secretary at the time, to order 1MDB's CSR partner Ihsan Perdana to transfer the funds to said AmBank accounts. This was done on two occasions, in December 2014 and February 2015
Ung says she was contacted by Azlin on Dec 24, 2014, and told to instruct the then-Ihsan Perdana CEO Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman to transfer sums of RM27 million and RM5 million to the AmBank accounts ending in 880 and 906
In February the next year, Azlin instructed her to order Shamsul to transfer another RM10 million to the 880 account. Ung says that at the time, she did not know that the accounts belonged to Najib
YR1M largely relied on Genting money for its programmes - witness9.20am - Former CEO Ung Su Ling testifies that Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) largely relied on funds from Genting Group for its community programmes between 2013 and 2015
Ung adds that YR1M had three AmBank accounts, one of which was used as the main account for project funding
"The main account was for (YR1M) programmes. The main source of funding came from gambling proceeds from the Genting Group
"The second account was for YR1M operations, while the third was for funding of projects that were based on other funding sources," she says
Between 2013 and 2015, Ung tells the court, YR1M received a total of RM210 million in funds from 1MDB
'YR1M trustees comprise Najib, his aides and 1MDB chairperson'9.10am - Ung Su Ling is called to the stand, and testifies that she was appointed as the CEO of Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) in January 2013. She held the post until last May
She tells the court that YR1M was the brainchild of then-premier Najib Abdul Razak, and that it was headed by a board of trustees that comprised four members
"YR1M was mooted by the prime minister then, which is Najib, who wanted to see more community activities being conducted based on 1Malaysia principles
"There were four trustees, led by the prime minister and three others. They are (former 1MDB chairperson) Lodin Wok Kamaruddin, Wan Shihab Wan Ismail, who was then a special officer at the Prime Minister's Office, and Azlin Alias, who was then the chief private secretary to the prime minister
"(However), after Azlin's death, there were only three trustees," she says, reading from her witness statement
Ung tells the court that the trustees' main task was to plan YR1M's direction, besides approving community programmes and budget allocations
All programmes, she added, were approved through director's circular resolutions, which she would prepare before taking it to Azlin, who would then obtain Shihab and Najib's signatures
The resolutions would then be returned to her, before she obtains Lodin's signature
Najib arrives in court9.07am - Najib enters the dock as proceedings begin
9am - The accused, Najib Abdul Razak, takes a seat in the public gallery
Also awaiting proceedings are Attorney-General Tommy Thomas and his team of deputy public prosecutors, as well as members of Najib's defence
The 38th day of former premier Najib Abdul Razak's RM42 million SRC International trial today will be the briefest yet – just two hours, from 9am to 11am
Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali allowed the special dispensation yesterday so that Najib can discharge his duty as Pekan MP and attend Dewan Rakyat proceedings
Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had applied for today's briefer proceedings to allow his client to participate in the parliamentary debate on the Undi 18 bill, which seeks to lower the voting age from 21 to 18
This is in contrast to what transpired on July 1, when the judge threw out the application for Najib to skip proceedings to attend a Dewan Rakyat sitting
On that day, Shafee told the court that Najib needed to participate in a parliamentary debate on a bill to compel MPs to declare their assets
Among the possible witnesses that may be called by the prosecution during today's brief proceedings is former Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) CEO Ung Su Ling
At one point, Najib was also the chairperson of YR1M, which the court previously heard was one of the funders of Ihsan Perdana, a CSR partner of 1MDB
-Mkini

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