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Zeti testifies BNM had no knowledge 1MDB funds went into Najib's account
1MDB Trial | Former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz testified that the Malaysian central bank had no knowledge that money from 1MDB flowed into then prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s account.
The 46th prosecution witness told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that she as BNM governor had written to then finance minister Najib between 2014 and 2015 to raise her concerns over the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund’s increasingly high debt levels and repayment challenges that led to restructuring of a loan from domestic banks.
“It must be pointed out that...
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