PUTRAJAYA, Jan 15 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today admitted in the High Court that he did ask the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) then crown prince to help make paperwork...
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In this audio clip’s transcript, Najib was said to have referred to the US Department of Justice’s July 2016 filing of a forfeiture suit on 1MDB as having happened “yesterday”. Today, he confirmed he was aware of the DoJ suit at the time it was filed. Najib confirmed that the transcript had shown him referring to Riza Aziz being under a bit of pressure in the US then.
Najib then said: “No, when Riza received the money, he was told it’s from Aabar and from Sheikh Mansour. Then when there was expose, then only we got to know there was a possibility it was not from Aabar. That’s why I asked for the agreement to make sure everything was in order, that’s all lah.” Although Najib said he could not verify if these audio recordings were fully authentic, he also confirmed to Akram that the “Your Highness” who he is alleged to have addressed in the first phone conversation was referring to the then crown prince of UAE.
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