I did not act against country’s interest, Najib tells court

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The former prime minister says he had always acted in accordance with a constitutional oath to discharge his duties faithfully and diligently.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/21/i-did-not-act-against-countrys-interest-najib-tells-court/    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NajibRazak #SRCInternational

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00:00Najib Razak has denied acting against the interest of the country when testifying in

00:06a lawsuit brought by SRC International's Sandiran Berhad today.

00:11He told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that he was under a constitutional duty to act faithfully

00:15and diligently while discharging his duties as Prime Minister.

00:20Najib said he had always acted by an oath prescribed by the federal constitution when

00:24he was Prime Minister from April 2009 to May 2018.

00:29He also said he could not be expected to micromanage SRC, adding that he assumed the

00:33directors would act by the company's constitution and the Company's Act.

00:38SRC, then a government-linked company, was established and owned by the Finance Ministry

00:43to seek alternative energy sources for the nation.

00:48Between 2011 and 2012, the company received a RM4 billion loan from Retirement Fund Inc.,

00:54from which around RM3.6 billion was transferred to a Swiss bank account.

01:00Najib and former SRC CEO Nik Faisal Arif Kamil were accused of breach of trust, abuse of

01:05power, personally benefiting from the company's funds, and misappropriating the said funds.

01:12Danish Raja Reza, FMT News.

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