KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) analyst did not dispute the possibility that Datuk Seri Najib Razak was not aware that millions of funds coming into his private bank account originated from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MBD).
Adam Ariff Mohd Roslan said this when Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah suggested that it was perfectly reasonable for his client to not know the source of the monies due to the labyrinthine movement of billions of ringgit in 1MDB funds.
The 29-year-old analyst who only replied 'no comment' to Shafee's question, in his testimony, had detailed how millions of ringgit were syphoned into Najib's personal bank accounts at Ambank by several entities linked to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low.
The senior lawyer said even the 47th prosecution witness, who was an analyst for 1MDB task force unit, admitted that it took him two years to untangle the money trial and flow of 1MDB funds.

Najib, all this time, contended that billions of funds flown into his private bank account at Ambank were coming from the Saudi's monarch.
"A stellar institution like BNM takes between four to seven years... intelligence unit took two years to map out the money trial... it is reasonable for Najib not to know the source of the funds.
"Former BNM governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz also testified that it took years for the central bank to discover the misappropriation of 1MDB's funds," he said.
Zeti when testifying as star witness in August, said it took seven years for the central bank to discover that millions belonging to 1MDB were being syphoned into a foreign entity owned by Low.
However, the 75-year-old banker said this was normal as financial authorities take many years to uncover and investigate such wrongdoings.
Najib, 70, 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.