I received lump sum allowances over RM500k for 1MDB advisory role: Irwan

1MDB TRIAL | Former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah testified he received a monthly sum of RM25,000 between 2013 and 2018 for his role in 1MDB’s board of advisers (BOA) as well as the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund’s chairperson.

The 42nd witness in former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Irwan (above) also testified that he received two lump sum payments totalling RM521,774 for both separate roles...