Former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy said in the High Court today that the US$700 million (RM3.15 billion) transferred to Good Star Limited could have been recovered had he directed legal action for its recovery.

The first defendant was questioned by 1MDB’s counsel Lim Chee Wee at the corporation’s US$6.59 billion (RM29.7 billion) lawsuit against him and former chairperson of the board Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah...