Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak stated in court today that he did not verify the legitimacy of donation letters from Saudi Arabia, assuming they were genuine due to their delivery by his former private secretary. He also explained his choice to thank the late King Abdullah personally rather than through a letter, citing concerns about the potential for a letter to fall into the wrong hands.
: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the High Court here today that he did not inquire as to the authenticity of the donation letters from Saudi Arabia as he assumed the letters were genuine.
Najib, 71, said this when re-examined by his lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin at the trial of his case for misappropriation of RM2.3 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad funds. “I don’t think so...You can thank people in many ways. You can thank them by writing a letter. You can also thank them personally. I was of the opinion that it would be more courteous for me to thank him personally rather than writing a letter.
Today, Najib also reiterated that he had no direct interest in 1MDB and maintained that the money entered into his account was from the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
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