Shahrol: I was coached before and after PAC meetings

KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1MDB chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court that he was instructed to insulate Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Low Taek Jho from the company and its subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd before interviews with Malaysian investigators.

Shahrol said he was given “talking points” by the fugitive financier, also known as Jho Low, ahead of his interviews with Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and police.