KUALALUMPUR, April 5 -- Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) general counsel Jasmine Loo said Datuk Seri Najib Razak had 'cleared' her of wrongdoing in a written reply to Parliament back in 2017.

Loo said this while testifying as the 50th prosecution witness in Najib's trial over the misappropriation of RM2.27 billion of 1MDB funds.

Under re-examination by deputy public prosecutor Deepa Nair Thevaharan, Loo was asked whether she knew of any action taken by Malaysian authorities after her statement was recorded in 2016 as part of the ongoing investigations into the fraud.

"I believe Najib has cleared me.

"As far as I know I recall seeing an article where a question was posed to Najib in Parliament about me and he replied that the...