1MDB TRIAL | Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak rubbished the prosecution’s contention that he used a telephone call to influence 1MDB to enter a joint venture with Petrosaudi International (PSI) in 2009.

The former finance minister told the High Court in Putrajaya this afternoon about his telephone conversation with the sovereign wealth fund’s then chairperson Mohd Bakke Salleh during a board meeting on Sept 29 that year.