00:00 A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission senior superintendent told the Kuala Lumpur High
00:07 Court on Monday that four countries did not cooperate when she applied to record conversations
00:12 of bank witnesses in connection with the investigation into corruption and money laundering involving
00:18 RM2.3 billion of funds belonging to One Malaysia Development Berhad, which is linked to Datuk
00:25 Seri Najib Razak.
00:27 Nur Aida Arifin said that Switzerland, Barbados, Hong Kong and the Netherlands did not provide
00:33 any responses or feedback when she made the application through the Attorney General in
00:37 2018 and 2019.
00:41 Nur Aida said Singapore was the only country that cooperated with witness Kevin Michael
00:46 Swampilai, the former head of BSI Bank's Fund Management Services Singapore, providing
00:51 evidence to the investigation team.
00:54 When cross-examined by lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafi Abdullah, Nur Aida said another witness
00:59 from the same bank, Yak Yu Chee, who is former BSI Bank Managing Director, refused to testify
01:06 in Malaysia.
01:07 When asked about Yak's whereabouts, Nur Aida replied she didn't know.
01:12 In November 2016, Yak was sentenced to 18 weeks in jail and fined Singapore dollars
01:19 by a Singapore court after he pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery and two counts of
01:24 failing to disclose suspicious transactions related to OneMDB.
01:30 Najib is facing four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totaling RM2.3 billion
01:37 from OneMDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount.
01:43 The trial before Judge Datuk Colin Lawrence Sekwera continues on Tuesday.
01:48 For more information visit www.bns.gov.au/bribery-trial.
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