A former director of SRC International Sdn Bhd testified that the authorities never detained him but merely barred him from travelling overseas in 2018.

Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi was giving oral evidence to the Kuala Lumpur High Court during today’s full hearing of SRC’s US$1.18 billion (RM5.6 billion) civil suit against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Former finance minister Najib is currently serving a six-year jail term and fined RM50 million...