NAJIB TRIAL | Sovereign wealth fund 1MDB was structured to give Najib Abdul Razak "ultimate power" but measures were taken to shield the then prime minister from criminal prosecution, former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

For example, Shahrol said Najib issued a document allowing the 1MDB board of directors to make transactions involving a huge amount of money...