No 1MDB link in RM114m sought by Umno, High Court hears

The prosecution has failed to show any link between alleged monetary flow from 1MDB and the RM114 million belonging to Umno, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur heard today.

The political party’s lawyer Hariharan Tara Singh submitted that the prosecution failed to identify which of the funds that went into then Umno president Najib Abdul Razak’s account, was allegedly from 1MDB.

The lawyer was submitting during the hearing of third party claims in the government’s 1MDB-linked forfeiture suit against Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd...