“I never prepared any meals for Jho Low,” former prime minister tells the court.
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak told the High Court that his purported close connection with Low Taek Jho was over-sensationalised when other individuals in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd financial scandal were closer to the fugitive businessman.“While I do not deny that, on certain occasions, Jho Low was present at my residence in Langgak Duta, it is important to understand the context of my interactions with him during that time,” he said.
He said other key individuals – former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo and former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu – had visited Low at his home. “For the record, I never prepared any meals for Jho Low,” Najib said in his response to a testimony by Loo.Ms Loo, who was the 50th prosecution witness, testified in her witness statement that she would hand over a Special Rights Redeemable Preference Shareholder Resolution and Minutes of Representative to Low for him to obtain Najib’s signature.
This, he said, could be viewed from another perspective where Ms Loo was not only a close associate of Low but also his lawyer and later became his lucrative business partner.
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