This was revealed by former relationship manager at Ambank Berhad, Joanna Yu Ging Ping, 48, on the 44th day of the former prime minister’s criminal breach of trust trial in relation to SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.
Yu agreed with excerpts of a 2011 email exchange between her and Jho Low, which was brought up during cross-examination by Najib’s counsel Harvinderjit Singh.
Harvinderjit: Jho Low’s response in the email that…”No no no… do not send the statements to Najib’s house..super sensitive. We would collect it.” Yu replied “Yes”.
Harvinderjit: Jho Low also said, “Credit card statements must never go to the house.” Yu replied, “Yes, they always collected the statements.”
Harvinderjit: Jho Low insisted?
Yu: Yes., and the mandate holder too.
SRC CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil was the mandate holder for Najib’s AmBank accounts.
Asked about the chats between Yu and Jho Low in BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), the 54th prosecution witness confirmed that Jho Low had told her to clear her BBM chat logs, dated March 3, 2015.
“Yes, Jho Low told me to clear BBM chat logs, but I never did. Because I don’t know how to do it,” she said.
The witness also said Jho Low and Nik Faisal told her not to disclose Najib’s name whenever there were funds coming into his AmBank account.
“Yes, we were told we cannot list Datuk Seri Najib’s name,” she added.
Harvinderjit: You were told by Jho Low that it involved huge confidentiality of the exposed person, so not to expose the name?
Yu: Yes, I was told that by Jho Low.
Harvinderjit: Did Jho Low tell the reason the account was opened? Did he say Najib was waiting for donations from Saudi Arabia?
Yu: He briefly mentioned that there was some inward transfer that Najib was expecting… but I do not remember whether he mentioned donations or not.
Harvinderjit: I suggest to you that the purpose the account was opened by Najib was to receive donations for his contribution to Islamic activities?
Yu: I only found out later when I saw the letter.
Najib, 66, is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust, one count of abusing his position and three counts of money laundering involving SRC International funds amounting to RM42 million.
The hearing before Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali continues.