Datuk Seri Najib Razak is escorted by Prisons Dept personnel at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, February 26, 2024. — Picture by Shafwan ZaidonKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Countries like Switzerland and Barbados did not provide cooperation in making available employees in banks involved in transactions in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad for interview by Malaysia’s investigators, and instead only provided photocopied versions of documents, the High Court heard today.
Under cross-examination by Najib’s lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Nur Aida agreed that the admissibility of these photocopied documents would be affected if the certificate of authentication for such documents are not acceptable and agreed that such certificates is to determine that documents were photocopies of the original document.
“We did apply to obtain testimony from these bank staff, but did not get cooperation from those countries,” she said, listing the countries where she had made the application for statements from bank staff from the countries and locations where she had applied for mutual legal assistance, namely Switzerland, Singapore, Barbados, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.
Nur Aida said the feedback she received from Singapore was that Yak did not wish to give his testimony here. She said Singapore authorities had said Yak is not in Singapore, but also said she does not know where he is.
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