KUALA LUMPUR: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho was the one who arranged meetings between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Saudi Arabia ruler King Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the High Court here heard on Wednesday (Dec 4).
In his testimony, Najib said that Low – better known as Jho Low – had told him that King Abdullah admired Malaysia's ability to practice moderation in Islam and equality between Muslims and non-Muslims.
The award had been previously conferred on former US president Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin. "From 2011 until 2014, I received a huge amount of money that I believed was a donation from King Abdullah as a sign of his support. Jho Low was the connection in the matter and I believed he arranged the donations for the Saudi royal family," he said.
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