Najib approved Mohd Hazem as ‘executive director’ in 1MDB, court hears


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told that Datuk Seri Najib Razak approved the appointment of one Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman who was set to become an executive director in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in 2012.

The name emerged in Najib’s 1MDB trial involving RM2.28bil here on Thursday (Aug 6) during former CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi's cross-examination by lawyer Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed.

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