00:00A former 1MDB chairman today denied claims he was assisting Najib Razak in his defence
00:07to charges of abuse of power and money laundering of the company's funds.
00:11Cheikh Lodin Wak Kamaruddin told the High Court he was only giving his version of events
00:16that took place in the company over the course of his eight-year tenure, which ran from 2009
00:21to 2016.
00:24During the examination in chief by lawyer Shafi Abdullah, Lodin said he tried to present
00:29what had happened during the operations of 1MDB when he was the chairman and a board
00:34member.
00:35Shafi had asked Lodin whether he was giving evidence to support Najib's defence.
00:41Lodin said that he did ask the company's secretary why fugitive businessman Loh Teck
00:45Jo, better known as Jo Loh, was in a 1MDB meeting as he was not a director or staff
00:50member, adding that he did not know who invited Loh.
00:54Lodin added that Loh did not give him the impression that he was an advisor to the former
00:58Prime Minister.
00:59Najib is on trial for 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering over funds amounting
01:04to RM2.28 billion that were deposited into his M-Bank accounts between February 2011
01:10and December 2014.
01:13Pan Yujo, FMT News.
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