Kuala Lampur, Dec. 9 -- Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the High Court today that he was unaware AmBank was liaising with Low Taek Jho to manage his accounts.

Testifying in his own defence after being accused of misappropriating RM42 million from SRC International, the former prime minister who was also finance minister said he was shocked when he learnt the bank and Low were communicating with each other on handling his finances as he had not authorised such a thing and would have never allowed it if he had prior knowledge.

He said mandate for his AmBank accounts was given to Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil who was at that time SRC International's CEO.

Najib also denied knowledge that AmBank employees such as Joanna Yu, Daniel Lee and Krystal Yap ...