ARUL Kanda Kandasamy has been charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today with being an accomplice to former prime minister Najib Razak to tamper with the auditor-general’s report on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in 2016. 

According to the charge sheet, the act was done at the Prime Minister’s Department, Putrajaya, between February 22 and 26, 2016.

Arul, who was the former CEO of the sovereign wealth fund, committed the offence under Section 23(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.

Public prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram asked the court today to hold a joint trial for Najib and Arul Kanda, which the judge rejected.

Arul pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted bail of RM500,000 and required to surrender his passport. – December 12, 2018.