Bank Negara teams raided AmBank branch in 2015 for Najib’s accounts, court told
Bank Negara Malaysia maanger Ahmad Farhan Sharifuddin is seen at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Kuala Lumpur April 17, 2019. ― Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
BNM manager Ahmad Farhan Sharifuddin, who is the fourth prosecution witness in Najib’s SRC International Sdn Bhd money-laundering trial, revealed that two of the three teams had assisted a special task force on 1MDB that was formed that same year.“The other team was headed by BNM investigation officer Azizul Adzani Abdul Ghafar,” he said during cross-examination by Najib’s lawyer Harvinderjit Singh on the number of search parties sent to AmBank on July 6.
It had sent investigators on July 3, 2015 to raid and retrieve documents from SRC International, and its two subsidiaries, Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd and Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd.Ahmad Farhan, who was attached to BNM’s Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Unit at the time, explained that he was asked to come to work early the night before the July 6 raid and a similar order was also communicated to Azizul by him.
“During the meeting around 7am , my boss gave me a list of banking accounts to check including accounts belonging to Najib.
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