Kuala Lampur, April 21 -- On day five of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, it was revealed that 17 cheques had been issued from AmIslamic Bank accounts where RM42 million of the former 1MDB unit's funds were allegedly transferred.

Although the account holders were not named in court, previous court documents show that two of the accounts were held by Najib when he was still not only the prime minister, but also Umno president and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman.

The total amount of the 15 cheques issued under Najib's name came up to RM10,776,514.

Among those cheques were RM1 million issued to Pulau Pinang Umno and RM300,000 to Johor Baru Umno, both in February 2015.

Other recipients included individuals such as ...