00:01The High Court heard on Tuesday that the US$620 million returned by former Prime Minister Datuk
00:09Srinajib Razak was transferred directly back to Tanore Finance Corp and was not rerouted to his
00:15personal bank accounts. During cross-examination of offshore asset recovery specialist Angela
00:21Barkhouse, lead defence counsel Tan Sri Mohammed Shafi Abdullah highlighted that the funds were
00:27returned shortly after Malaysia's 13th general election in 2013. Barkhouse, the third witness
00:34in the US$5.6 billion civil suit filed by One Malaysia Development Berhad, OneMDB, and its
00:42subsidiaries agreed that the funds were transferred back to Tanore, although she could not confirm the
00:48exact timing of the transfer in relation to the election. Mohammed Shafi argued that the prompt
00:54return of the funds supported Najib's claim that he believed the money was a political donation from
01:00the Saudi royal family. The suit, filed in May 2021 by OneMDB and four of its subsidiaries,
01:09including OneMDB Energy Ltd. and Global Diversified Investment Company Ltd., names Najib and seven
01:16former executives as defendants. They include former Chief Executive Officer Nick Faisal Arif Kamil,
01:23former General Counsel Jasmine Lu I. Swan, and former Executive Director Casey Tung Keng Chi.
01:30The plaintiffs allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties and committed breach of
01:35trust, abused their powers, and conspired to misappropriate OneMDB funds. The trial before
01:43Judicial Commissioner Mohamed Redzwan Idris continues on Wednesday.
