KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — BSI Singapore bank’s former relationship manager Yak Yew Chee who was handling clients like 1Malaysia Development Berhad had bragged about meeting then-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Hollywood stars, his former colleague Kevin Michael Swampillai told the High Court today.
Asked by the prosecution whether he had checked with Najib about whether the bank transactions for the 1MDB group of companies were genuine or legal, Swampillai said he did not have contact with Najib and would not have any opportunity to even seek confirmation from the former prime minister as he did not have a client-facing role.
Later when asked by Najib’s lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Swampillai said Yak “bragged a lot” about people whom he had met with in the course of his work “like Datuk Seri Najib was mentioned, a number of Hollywood personalities was mentioned”. When quizzed about Low’s habit of name-dropping influential figures, Swampillai said Low did not do so in his presence as they had very limited interaction which was strictly work-related.
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