Businessperson Low Taek Jho allegedly received a telephone call from then premier Najib Abdul Razak during a 1MDB board meeting in 2009, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today.

1MDB’s former corporate strategy director Kelvin Tan this morning testified that the telephone call came during the meeting on Sept 26 that year, whereby Low’s attendance was not recorded in its attendance list and minutes.

Tan was...