1MDB TRIAL | Najib Abdul Razak called 1MDB’s then-chairperson to ensure its board would make a decision “efficiently” on a proposal to enter a US$1 billion joint venture (JV) with Petrosaudi International Limited (PSI), according to a defence witness.

1MDB former director Che Lodin Wok Kamaruddin’s testimony before the High Court in Putrajaya today backed the ex-prime minister’s contention that his telephone call to Bakke Salleh was not to pressure the board to enter the JV in late 2009.

The 75-year-old was recalling what transpired during a...