A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior superintendent told the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday (Feb 26) that four countries did not cooperate when she applied to record conversations of bank witnesses in connection with the investigation into corruption and money laundering involving RM2.3bil of funds belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), which is linked to Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
49th prosecution witness Nur Aida Ariffin, said that Switzerland, Barbados, Hong Kong and the Netherlands did not provide any responses or feedback when she made the application through the Attorney-General in 2018 and 2019.
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49th prosecution witness Nur Aida Ariffin, said that Switzerland, Barbados, Hong Kong and the Netherlands did not provide any responses or feedback when she made the application through the Attorney-General in 2018 and 2019.
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00:00 A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission senior superintendent told the Kuala Lumpur High
00:07 Court on Monday that four countries did not cooperate when she applied to record conversations
00:12 of bank witnesses in connection with the investigation into corruption and money laundering involving
00:18 RM2.3 billion of funds belonging to One Malaysia Development Berhad, which is linked to Datuk
00:25 Seri Najib Razak.
00:27 Nur Aida Arifin said that Switzerland, Barbados, Hong Kong and the Netherlands did not provide
00:33 any responses or feedback when she made the application through the Attorney General in
00:37 2018 and 2019.
00:41 Nur Aida said Singapore was the only country that cooperated with witness Kevin Michael
00:46 Swampilai, the former head of BSI Bank's Fund Management Services Singapore, providing
00:51 evidence to the investigation team.
00:54 When cross-examined by lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafi Abdullah, Nur Aida said another witness
00:59 from the same bank, Yak Yu Chee, who is former BSI Bank Managing Director, refused to testify
01:06 in Malaysia.
01:07 When asked about Yak's whereabouts, Nur Aida replied she didn't know.
01:12 In November 2016, Yak was sentenced to 18 weeks in jail and fined Singapore dollars
01:19 by a Singapore court after he pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery and two counts of
01:24 failing to disclose suspicious transactions related to OneMDB.
01:30 Najib is facing four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totaling RM2.3 billion
01:37 from OneMDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount.
01:43 The trial before Judge Datuk Colin Lawrence Sekwera continues on Tuesday.
01:48 For more information visit www.bns.gov.au/bribery-trial.
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