00:00Former Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was reportedly taken aback by
00:07the 42 million ringgit that entered his personal bank accounts in 2015, according to testimony
00:14at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday.
00:16Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman, former managing director of Ihsan Perdana Sendirian Berhad
00:22or IPSB, testified that Najib called him in July 2015 while he was travelling to Brussels.
00:30During this call, Najib inquired whether Dr Shamsul had made three specific remittances,
00:36which Dr Shamsul confirmed.
00:38Dr Shamsul explained that at the time of processing these transactions, he was unaware of the
00:44identity of the account holders.
00:47He said he followed instructions from Ong Su Ling, former CEO of Yayasan Rakyat 1 Malaysia,
00:53and Dennis See, former YR1M project director.
00:57Dr Shamsul noted that following their payment directions for CSR programs was standard procedure
01:03for him.
01:04IPSB, which served as the charitable arm of 1 Malaysia Development Berhad, was established
01:10for social welfare initiatives, and received funding from both 1MDB and Yayasan Rakyat
01:161 Malaysia.
01:18Najib faces 25 charges in this case, four counts of abusing his position to secure RM2.3
01:25billion of 1MDB funds as bribes and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount.
01:33The hearing is scheduled to continue on Tuesday before Justice Colin Lawrence Sequeira, who
01:38is now an appeals court judge.
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