Najib spent RM3.2m to purchase gift for wife of ex-Qatar PM, court told

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak (photo, above) had spent a total of RM3.2 million at a Swiss jewellery outlet in Italy in August 2014 to buy a gift for the wife of former Qatar premier Hamad Jassim Jaber al-Thani, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard this morning.

During the 57th-day of the SRC International trial, Najib's lawyer Farhan Read produced a letter that the defence claimed was sent by Hamad's wife Noor al-Subaiee to Najib's wife Rosmah Mansor to express her appreciation for the gift...