I am not assisting Najib’s defence, says ex-1MDB chairman

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Che Lodin Wok Kamaruddin says he inquired about Jho Low’s presence at a 1MDB board meeting as he was neither a director nor staff member.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/26/i-am-not-assisting-najibs-defence-says-ex-1mdb-chairman/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/26/saya-bukan-bantu-pembelaan-najib-kata-bekas-pengerusi-1mdb/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #CheLodin #NajibRazak #1MDB

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00:00A former 1MDB chairman today denied claims he was assisting Najib Razak in his defence

00:07to charges of abuse of power and money laundering of the company's funds.

00:11Cheikh Lodin Wak Kamaruddin told the High Court he was only giving his version of events

00:16that took place in the company over the course of his eight-year tenure, which ran from 2009

00:21to 2016.

00:24During the examination in chief by lawyer Shafi Abdullah, Lodin said he tried to present

00:29what had happened during the operations of 1MDB when he was the chairman and a board

00:34member.

00:35Shafi had asked Lodin whether he was giving evidence to support Najib's defence.

00:41Lodin said that he did ask the company's secretary why fugitive businessman Loh Teck

00:45Jo, better known as Jo Loh, was in a 1MDB meeting as he was not a director or staff

00:50member, adding that he did not know who invited Loh.

00:54Lodin added that Loh did not give him the impression that he was an advisor to the former

00:58Prime Minister.

00:59Najib is on trial for 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering over funds amounting

01:04to RM2.28 billion that were deposited into his M-Bank accounts between February 2011

01:10and December 2014.

01:13Pan Yujo, FMT News.

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