00:00Datuk Siri Najib Razak told the High Court that he sought Joe Loh's assistance for dealings
00:07in China in 2016, despite the fugitive businessman's bad reputation due to the 1MDB scandal.
00:15The former Prime Minister had earlier testified that he sent his former Special Officer Datuk
00:21Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin to China on a trip to scout possible infrastructure projects.
00:27Loh had joined Amhari on this trip.
00:30Najib, who was under cross-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Garib
00:37at the 1MDB trial on Wednesday, said he wanted to generate wealth for Malaysia as quickly
00:43as possible and Loh had connections in China.
00:46DPP Ahmad Akram asked Najib why he had not assigned the Malaysian ambassador and officers
00:53in China to handle that task.
00:56The former Pekan MP said he merely sought Loh's help in the interest of the nation.
01:02Najib disagreed with the DPP's suggestion that he had used Joe Loh as he was under stress
01:08to pay back 1MDB's debt to the International Petroleum Investment Company.
01:13The hearing continues before Justice Colin Lawrence-Sekwera on Thursday.
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