Najib Abdul Razak

Anak bongsu bekas Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak dan Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Norashman selamat bernikah dengan gadis pilihannya, Nikola Mulyadi.

Rayuan pihak pendakwaan terhadap pembebasan bekas Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak dan bekas ketua pegawai eksekutif 1MDB Arul Kanda Kandasamy dalam kes meminda laporan audit 1MDB.

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak told party leaders and members in Pekan on Sunday night that Umno will suffer a slow death if it remains complacent with its role in the Perikatan Nasional government.

Speaking at the Pekan Umno AGM, the former Umno president said the party will not be able to sustain itself by merely being a component party in Perikatan Nasional.

Former premier Najib Abdul Razak (Umno-Pekan) said today that the four-fold increase in allocation under Budget 2021 to revive the Special Affairs Department (Jasa) propaganda unit was "unacceptable" and would court public anger.

He said this in his debate of the Supply Bill (Budget) 2021 in the Dewan Rakyat today.

"In times of a crisis when allocations are more needed to save the people, the introduction of a four-fold increased allocation for Jasa compared to times under BN is hard to accept and has courted public anger.

"I can accept if the allocation is used to buy face masks or hand sanitiser for the people or given to parents as a replacement for their children's missed breakfasts under the Rancangan Makanan Tambahan scheme," he said.

Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, was allegedly very conscious about her image and purportedly forked out RM100,000 a month to fund cybertroopers who were tasked to counter negative content about her on the internet.

This according to her former aide Rizal Mansor who testified in Rosmah's graft trial today involving a solar hybrid project which she allegedly helped Jepak Holdings to secure in exchange for kickbacks.

"She gave me RM100,000 cash every month to fund the team," Rizal testified at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

About a week after he was found guilty of money laundering, criminal breach of trust and abuse of power in the SRC International trial, Najib Abdul Razak has come forward to insist none of the RM42 million involved had been for “personal use” or bribes.

The former prime minister also vowed to appeal the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s “unfair” verdict.

In a seven-minute video released late last night, Najib claimed that SRC money had been used for Umno “welfare programmes” and “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) initiatives for orphans; never for himself.

The Health Ministry is monitoring if any Covid-19 cases or clusters will emerge from the large gathering of Najib Abdul Razak's supporters outside the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex yesterday.

"It has been seven months since we have worked day and night, shed tears and sweat in our effort to prepare (for this pandemic)".

"We were disappointed and sad when we saw the gathering. I am not involved in politics but it's about following the SOPs," he said when asked about public concerns over the rally.

Any signs of a new virus cluster would manifest within the next two weeks as per the Covid-19 incubation period, he cautioned.

The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) succeeded in its bid for summary judgment in a suit to recover RM1.69 billion in income tax from Najib Abdul Razak.

In effect, this means the former prime minister now has to pay the RM1.69 billion in tax to the IRB.

This followed the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision this afternoon to allow the IRB's application for summary judgment in its RM1.69 billion tax suit against Najib.

Summary judgment is where a court decides on a case without going for a full trial, thereby dispensing with the hearing of the testimony of witnesses, among others.

After three days of new cases in the single-digits, the number of new Covid-19 cases re-entered double digits with 31 new cases reported as of noon today.

Meanwhile, in the interview with Malaysiakini, Pakatan Harapan leader Anwar Ibrahim stressed that he would not compromise on principles for the sake of winning the numbers game.

The PKR president also declined to elaborate when asked if he had reached out to GPS, saying he is engaging all quarters.

With the numbers game still fluid, certain quarters like former premier Najib Abdul Razak argued that a change of government with a slim majority would lead to instability and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong could instead choose to dissolve Parliament in order to hold national polls.

"I agree with Najib on this point,” said Anwar. “There is no point in forcing change when you have a very slim majority, because you would go back to square one... (if there are) one or two MPs not happy with their positions," he added.

The police and armed forces will go on patrols during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations to ensure the conditional movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedures are being followed.

Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said this was to ensure those celebrating Hari Raya adhere to social distancing measures and comply with the ban on interstate travel set by the government.

Interstate travel is disallowed during the order period, except for those who have obtained prior police permission.

Meanwhile, former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's 1MDB case resumed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today, with lead defence lawyer Shafee Abdullah saying his client wants to clear his name in court.

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah came in contact with someone who was in direct contact with a Covid-19 patient.

Following this, Najib's entire legal team are now under self-imposed quarantine.

This message was conveyed by Shafee's lawyer Noor Farhah Mustaffa to justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah at the Kuala Lumpur High Court this afternoon.

Noor Farhah said Shafee came in contact with the person during a kenduri at Shafee's house last Saturday.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said a vote of no-confidence in Parliament against the new prime minister is akin to a no-confidence vote against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Meanwhile, in a separate story, former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has defended Tengku Adnan's wealth, saying it was legitimate.

He said Tengku Adnan was a trading partner of tycoon Vincent Tan and held shares in big companies such as The Star, defunct newspaper Watan and Mutiara Telecommunications.

The High Court dismissed the judicial review application by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, to recuse Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as senior deputy public prosecutor.

Perdana Menteri,Datuk Seri Najib Abd Razak merasmikan Majlis Genovasi yang kelima di Petaling Jaya pada 1 Ogos, 2017. - Foto oleh Astro AWAN

Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak hari ini mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT) UMNO di Menara Dato Onn.