00:00 The High Court was told that a raid at M-Bank Malaysia Berhad in Jalan Raju Chulan on July
00:07 6, 2015 had revealed that some RM3.2 billion went into the private bank accounts of former
00:14 Prime Minister Tatoo Sri Najib Razak.
00:18 Former Bank Negara Governor, Tan Sri Dr Zaty Akhtar Aziz said this amount was far more
00:23 than what was mentioned by the Pekan MP before this.
00:27 Zaty, who was testifying in Najib's trial involving RM2.28 billion of one Malaysia development
00:34 Berhad 1MDB funds on Monday, said that from the raid, the central bank found out that
00:39 M-Bank had omitted important information relating to Najib's accounts transactions.
00:45 She added that M-Bank had also omitted several changes from the international transactions
00:51 system, ITIS, which showed funds were going into M-Bank accounts, but not Najib's accounts.
00:59 Zaty also said that up until her retirement on April 30, 2016, Najib had never asked about
01:07 the transactions in his accounts.
01:10 The witness, who was questioned during an examination in chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor
01:16 Karma Baharin Omar, was referred to a news article by a news portal dated July 2, 2018,
01:23 where Najib claimed that Zaty knew about the RM2.6 billion that went into his M-Islamic
01:28 account, but no issues were raised.
01:32 According to Zaty, at that time, Bank Negara was informed that there was only one account
01:37 that was fixed as "MY" in the Ringgit Operations Monitoring System (ROMS), but after
01:44 the raid on the bank was conducted, the Central Bank found out that Najib had opened three
01:49 more accounts in 2013.
01:52 She said Bank Negara would only take action against any account if it received reports
01:57 from the commercial bank that managed the said account.
02:01 If there was any irregularity or suspicion, Bank Negara would then inform enforcement
02:07 agencies such as the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) or the police.
02:13 Zaty had previously denied knowing the deposits of RM2.6 billion into Najib's accounts as
02:20 claimed by Najib.
02:22 68-year-old Najib is charged with 25 counts of abuse of power and money laundering, involving
02:29 RM2.28 billion of 1MDB funds.
02:33 The trial continues before Justice Colin Lawrence-Sekirah.
02:37 For more information visit www.fema.gov
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