Najib didn’t reply to text message about RM2.95bil being diverted in 1MDB joint venture deal, court told


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told that Datuk Seri Najib Razak did not reply to a text message which informed him of funds amounting to US$700mil (RM2.95bil) that was diverted from a joint venture (JV) between 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) to Good Star Ltd, a company linked to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho.

Former 1MDB chairman Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh, 67, said he had sent the former prime minister an SMS from his BlackBerry but he “never got a reply”.

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