KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today heard that Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had signed several documents which caused Terengganu Investment Authority Berhad (TIA) to be renamed 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in Sept 2009.
Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) assistant registrar Rafidah Yahaya, 48, confirmed the matter when referred to one of the documents, namely form 13 under the Companies Act 1965, which was the Certificate of Incorporation for the change of name of the company on Sept 25, 2009.
She said this during examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamad Mustaffa P. Kunyalam on the second day of the former prime minister’s trial in relation to the four charges of having used his position to obtain gratification totalling RM2.3 billion in 1MDB funds and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount of money.
The seventh prosecution witness said MACC officer Mohd Farid Ismail had requested information on TIA or 1MDB from her on May 28, 2018.
The witness said the 1MDB board of directors had added Article 117 to the resolution of TIA on Sept 2, 2009, which was changed to 1MDB on the same month.
Other document verified by the witness was on TIA directors appointment dated May 18, 2009.
“At the beginning of TIA’s establishment, its directors comprised YAM Tengku Rahimah Puteri binti Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al Mukhtafi Billah Shah, Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and Tan Sri Ismee Ismail.
“On Aug 28, 2009, another director’s appointment form was sent to SSM stating the addition of other TIA directors namely Datuk Mohd Bakke Salleh, Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin and Tan Sri Azlan Zainol,“ she said.
The witness also verified another form which stated Mohd Bakke’s resignation as 1MDB director and chairman in late 2009 and the appointment of Tan Sri Ong Gim Huat as one of 1MDB directors.
The trial before Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah continues Tuesday. — Bernama
