PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak today expressed uncertainty over how Arab royalty obtained his private account number to remit millions in funds.
The former prime minister also did not rule out the possibility that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, may have shared the details with the Arabs.
He said this under cross-examination by prosecutor Kamal Baharin Omar in his corruption trial for misappropriating billions of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds.
Najib has, all this while, maintained that the funds he received in his AmIslamic bank account was a political donation from the late King Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia in 2010.
Kamal Baharin: How did the sender know your account number?
Najib: I am not sure.
Kamal Baharin: Did you ask?
Najib: I did not ask.
Kamal Baharin: This is your personal account. How did other people know?
Najib: I do not know. Maybe Jho Low shared.
In yesterday's proceedings, Najib claimed King Abdullah promised him financial support during a private meeting 15 years ago.
He based this claim on four letters from Arab royalty, issued between Feb 1, 2011, and June 1, 2014, which promised donations of US$100 million, US$375 million, US$800 million and £50 million.
All four letters bore the address of Najib's residence in Jalan Langgak Duta, Taman Duta, here.
Najib, 71, is facing four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totalling RM2.3 billion from 1MDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount.
Hearing before presiding judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah continues.