MACC chief, AG replaced during 1MDB probe, High Court hears

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The Kuala Lumpur High Court was told that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner and the Attorney General were replaced when the investigation into corruption involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) took place.  MACC senior officer Nur Aida Ariffin, who is the investigating officer of the probe, testified that there was a change in the two agencies when Datuk Seri Najib Razak held office as the prime minister.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2r4su5wt  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The KL High Court was told that the MACC Chief Commissioner and the Attorney General were

00:08 replaced when the investigation into corruption involving 1MDB took place.

00:13 MACC Senior Officer Nur Aida Arifin, who is the investigating officer of the probe, testified

00:20 that there was a change in the two agencies when Datuk Seri Najib Razak held office as

00:26 the Prime Minister.

00:27 She said this during a re-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib at Najib's

00:34 RM2.28 billion 1MDB trial on Thursday.

00:39 On Wednesday, Nur Aida testified her investigation showed that the nation's sovereign wealth

00:45 fund suffered losses despite pouring money into investments that failed to bring any

00:49 profit.

00:50 She also said that Najib had never taken any action regarding 1MDB's financial losses.

00:56 Najib is on trial for 25 charges in total, four for abuse of power that allegedly brought

01:01 him the financial benefit to the tune of RM2.28 billion and 21 for money laundering involving

01:10 the same amount of money.

01:12 The hearing before Justice Colin Lawrence-Sequeira resumes this afternoon.

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