The former 1MDB chairperson conceded that he should have confronted Najib Abdul Razak about whether the then prime minister was involved in the irregular transactions within the sovereign wealth fund.

Fifteenth prosecution witness Mohd Bakke Salleh testified during the RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial against Najib before the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that he was uncomfortable levelling with the Pekan MP in 2009 over the former’s suspicion of the latter’s role in what transpired at 1MDB.

During the re-examination by deputy public prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram, the witness claimed that he was restrained and discouraged from making the complaint directly with Najib as the latter was then sitting prime minister.