Najib’s kids arrive to settle outstanding bail
FMT Reporters | July 9, 2018
The former prime minister posted RM500,000 of his RM1 million bail last week for his charges of criminal breach of trust and abuse of power.
Najib Razak’s children Noorashman (second left) and Nooryana (middle), with his son-in-law Daniyar Kessikbayev (second right) and Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam (right).
KUALA LUMPUR: The children of former prime minister Najib Razak have arrived at the High Court here to settle his remaining RM500,000 bail for his charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and abuse of power.
Nooryana and Noorashman, who posted the first half of their father’s bail last week, arrived at the court compound at about 10.30am.
Najib is expected to arrive at 11am to sign documents related to his bail.
Najib claimed trial last Wednesday to three charges of CBT and one for abuse of power over the transfer of RM42 million to his personal bank account from former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International.
He posted RM500,000 of his RM1 million bail last week, with the court allowing him to pay the remaining RM500,000 by 3pm today.
Umno members had set up a fund to raise the bail money for Najib, with Wanita Umno saying RM261,000 was collected as of yesterday.
Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam meanwhile said enough money had been collected for Najib’s bail. However, he said there was not enough to cover the legal fees, which he estimated to be around RM2.4 million.
The High Court has fixed Aug 8 for mention.
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