Bede Hong

Bede is a journalist with The Malaysian Insight.

E-mail: [email protected]


Thursday, 11 Jul 2019 04:50 PM

LIVE: I was only told that investigation was into Najib, says Bank Negara officer

Digital expert the 46th witness to take the stand at SRC International trial.

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LIVE: I was only told that investigation was into Najib, says Bank Negara officer

Thursday, 11 Jul 2019 04:42 PM

I don’t know what SRC International did with RM4 billion loan, court heard

Ex-KWAP chairman says he didn't see any outcomes after SRC International received the money.

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I don’t know what SRC International did with RM4 billion loan, court heard

Thursday, 11 Jul 2019 02:32 PM

‘Jho Low’ appeared in AmBank executive’s BlackBerry, court told

Bank Negara investigator says fugitive financier’s name was in smartphone’s messaging app. 

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‘Jho Low’ appeared in AmBank executive’s BlackBerry, court told

Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019 05:32 PM

RM2 billion loan request was not Najib’s ‘instruction’, says ex-KWAP chairman

Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah says the former prime minister had never given him a direct order regarding the loan.

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RM2 billion loan request was not Najib’s ‘instruction’, says ex-KWAP chairman

Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019 04:30 PM

LIVE: Najib agreed SRC International needed RM4 billion

Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, former secretary-general, takes the stand today and recounts the loan from KWAP to former 1MDB unit.

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LIVE: Najib agreed SRC International needed RM4 billion


Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019 12:16 PM

Prosecutors seek to postpone Najib’s 1MDB trial

They say in an affidavit that the ongoing SRC International trial is unlikely to be finished when the 1MDB case starts.

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Prosecutors seek to postpone Najib’s 1MDB trial

Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019 10:50 AM

Najib wanted SRC International loan increased by RM1 billion, court hears

KWAP chairman Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah says ex-PM made request at private meeting in 2011.

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Najib wanted SRC International loan increased by RM1 billion, court hears

Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019 05:44 PM

Najib signed SRC International transfer memo on car bonnet, court told

Witness also says due diligence was not undertaken on ownership transfer.

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Najib signed SRC International transfer memo on car bonnet, court told

Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019 05:00 PM

LIVE: Najib approved switch of SRC International ownership from 1MDB, says witness

Former Finance Ministry official tells court ex-PM signed document at airport immediately.

LIVE: Najib approved switch of SRC International ownership from 1MDB, says witness

Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019 01:35 PM

Najib never came in contact with me, witness tells court

The former Finance Ministry officer says he felt pressured by it was never directly from the former prime minister.

Najib never came in contact with me, witness tells court

Monday, 08 Jul 2019 05:45 PM

Najib’s men demanded SRC loan guarantees quickly, witness tells court

Former finance ministry official says paperwork rushed through due to ‘special attention’ from former PM.

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Najib’s men demanded SRC loan guarantees quickly, witness tells court

Monday, 08 Jul 2019 04:50 PM

LIVE: Finance Ministry official is 43rd witness to take the stand

Maliami Hamad, 65, is secretary of the borrowings/loans division.

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LIVE: Finance Ministry official is 43rd witness to take the stand

Monday, 08 Jul 2019 03:00 PM

Nik Faisal’s signatures were also copied and pasted, court hears

Former SRC International non-executive director Suboh Md Yassin says it is possible that the former CEO's signatures were also forged.

Nik Faisal’s signatures were also copied and pasted, court hears

Monday, 08 Jul 2019 01:55 PM

Fraud might be reason I was asked to flee, admits witness

Ex-SRC International director Suboh Md Yassin tells court former CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil rang him some time in 2015, urging the former to go abroad. 

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Fraud might be reason I was asked to flee, admits witness

Sunday, 07 Jul 2019 07:00 AM

What we learnt in 8th week of SRC International trial

Court told about likelihood of forged signatures, 'mountain' behind ex-CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil.

What we learnt in 8th week of SRC International trial