Datuk Seri Najib Razak, during his testimony in the 1MDB trial, dismissed accusations that he would jeopardize his career for US$20 million. He highlighted his position as the most powerful official in Malaysia at the time and questioned the logic of such claims.
Najib: ‘Only fools would believe’ I would risk my career to receive just US$20m as Malaysia ’s most powerful person
Najib: ‘Deeply painful’ to hear once-trusted ex-minister Husni’s 1MDB court testimony; you get blamed for everything when at the topNajib: ‘Only fools would believe’ I would risk my career to receive just US$20m as Malaysia’s most powerful person “Yet, the prosecution alleges that I – while holding the two most powerful positions in terms of being the head of the government of Malaysia and the head of the financial sector of public spending, prime minister and finance minister respectively – would jeopardise my political career and reputation, built over 40 years, to commit a criminal act for the sake of receiving US$9,999,977 on two separate occasions.
The prosecution said Najib received the US$20 million in two tranches of US$9,999,977 or over US$9.99 million on February 24, 2011 and on June 14, 2011, which originated from US$700 million – from 1MDB’s US$1 billion for the joint venture – that was diverted in 2009 to Low Taek Jho’s Good Star Limited.
Najib said the prosecution paints him as the “most generous and self-sacrificing” alleged co-conspirator in history, but called this claim illogical and defying common sense. Najib claimed that Low, Tarek and Mahony orchestrated an elaborate deception to misappropriate and siphon off 1MDB’s US$700 million, and said he was not involved in this scheme.
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