Nik Faisal : Najib never instructed me to transfer SRC funds
(nthqibord) – Former SRC International Sdn Bhd chief executive officer (CEO) Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil has admitted that Datuk Seri Najib Razak had never instructed him to transfer the company’s funds into other accounts, including private bank accounts belonging to the former premier.
Nik Faisal had also revealed that Najib had no knowledge of such transfers of funds, some RM42 million, from SRC’s accounts to accounts belonging to Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd and Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd, as stated in the AmIslamic Bank statement dated between January 1 and 31, 2015.
MACC investigating officer Regjit Singh Harbanes Singh recorded Nik Faisal’s witness statement at Manhattan Hotel, Jakarta, on October 17, 2015.
“I effected the transactions through Rentas Transfer banking system.
“I acted on my own. No one instructed me,” stated Nik Faisal in his witness statement.
When asked by Regjit Singh on whether Najib instructed him to effect the transfers of SRC funds, Nik Faisal stated: “No. YAB Prime Minister (Najib) had no knowledge of it.”
Najib’s defence team led by Tan Sri Mohammad Shafee Abdullah had handed over Nik Faisal’s witness statement to Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali during submissions between June 1 and 5 at the end of defence trial in May this year.
Nik Faisal, however, was never called up as a witness for the trial to testify on his witness statement.
But, during the trial, MACC investigating officer of the Najib-SRC case, Rosli Hussain confirmed the contents of Nik Faisal’s witness statement as authentic.
Nik Faisal’s witness statement was never revealed by the prosecution to the court.
That important court document was discovered by the defence team when scrutinising the case documents handed over by the prosecution.
That documents were submitted only this year after the court allowed an application by the defence to compel the prosecution team led by hired counsel Datuk V. Sithambaram to do so.
“Nik Faisal’s key witness statement was applied to be produced by the defence. But subsequently the prosecution served the statement with statement of Eric Tan Kim Loong, amongst others, voluntarily,” said a legal source.
