RM4 billion was transferred into two SRC International company current accounts within months after they were opened at AmBank’s Jalan Raja Chulan branch, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today. 

AmBank manager R. Uma Devi testified that RM2 billion was credited into current account number 211-202-200973-6 via four transfers of RM500 million each on August 29, seven months after the account was opened on January 28, 2011. 

A single transfer of RM2 billion was credited into current account number 211-202-20165-0 on March 28, 2012, four months after the account was opened on November 10, 2011. 

The account ending with 650 was closed on May 17, 2016, while the other account has yet to be closed, Uma testified at the Najib Razak’s SRC International trial. 

The authorised signatories for the account ending 650 were Ismee Ismail, Che Abdullah @ Rashidi Che Omar, Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil and Suboh Md Yassin.  

The authorised signatories for the account ending 736 were Shahrol, Tang Keng Chee, Radhi Mohamad and Nik Faisal. 

Uma was questioned by deputy public prosecutors Suhaimi Ibrahim and V. Sithambaram after she read out a 42-page statement, which took two days, while the court filed the statements as exhibits. 

Uma reiterated today that Nik Faisal and Suboh, a former SRC International director and yet-to-be-called prosecution witness, signed instruction letters to transfer RM80 million from SRC International’s company account ending with 650.

The transfers were: RM35 million on July 8, 2015 to Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Putrajaya Perdana Bhd; RM40 million on December 24, 2014 to Gandingan Mentari, an SRC International unit; RM5 million on February 5, 2015 to Gandingan Mentari; and RM5 million on February 6, 2015 to Gandingan Mentari. 

Prosecutors said the transfers to Gandingan Mentari were later made out to SRC International’s corporate responsibility arm Ihsan Perdana and later to Najib’s personal accounts, before being disbursed to supporters, political operatives and other companies. 

Uma also reiterated that Najib had authorised Nik Faisal, who was former SRC International director and CEO, to handle five of his accounts – four current accounts and one savings account. 

Najib faces three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT), three counts of money-laundering and one count of abuse of power over funds amounting to RM42 million linked to SRC International.

Najib is represented by a dozen lawyers led by Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, while Attorney-General Tommy Thomas is leading the prosecution. The trial is before justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali. – April 25, 2019.