KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was never confronted by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over the ownership of a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) subsidiary belonging to Malaysian fugitive Low Taek Jho's Malaysian associate which Najib ultimately received US$30 million from.

MACC Senior Superintendent Nur Aida Arifin said this while under cross-examination as the 49th prosecution witness in Najib's trial over the misappropriation of 1MDB's RM2.27 billion here.

Najib's lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman had earlier put it to Nur Aida that MACC investigators did not present any documents pertaining to the ownership of Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners, where US$30 million had trickled down from ...