Najib Offered Projects to China for 1MDB Help, Witness Says
- Jho Low represented Najib in meeting with China’s SASAC
- Testimony is first corroboration of 1MDB talks with China
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak
Photographer: Mohd Rasfan/AFP
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A witness in former Malaysian leader Najib Razak’s trial testified that the ex-premier offered projects to China in exchange for help resolving 1MDB’s debt.
Fugitive financier Jho Low represented Najib in the meeting with China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, or SASAC, which was attended by witness Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, a former aide to Najib. Low and Najib planned to use agreements with Chinese state-linked companies to bail out 1MDB’s debt, Amhari said.