THE Kuala Lumpur High Court today was told the US$681 million (then valued at RM2.08 billion) that entered Najib Razak’s bank account in 2013 were proceeds from illegal activities, police official Foo Wei Min said.

The Anti-Money Laundering Criminal Investigation Division assistant director said based on his investigations, the US$681 million originated from 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) US$3 billion bond, and entered Najib’s Ambank account between March 22 and April 10, 2013.

The 48th prosecution witness said before the amount was deposited, Najib’s account had an outstanding balance of RM879.8 million, which Foo said originated from a “legitimate source”.

At the end of today’s proceedings before judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah, deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told the court Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officer Nur Aida Arifin would be the next witness, but she could not be called up as the defence had not received the witness statement.

“The prosecution is still waiting for today’s document to be fully tendered in court and to be included in the investigating officer’s statement before serving it to the defence.

“The prosecution is almost at the end of the case. The defence has yet to finish its cross-examination on several witnesses, namely, former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz and Bank Negara analyst Adam Ariff Mohd Roslan,” said the prosecutor.

Deputy public prosecutor said the prosecution’s case would be closed for now.

Najib, 70, faces four charges of using his position to obtain bribes amounting to RM2.3 billion belonging to 1MDB and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount.

The trial continues on October 24. – Bernama, October 18, 2023.