KUALA LUMPUR: A witness in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial told the High Court that RM2.28bil from the company's coffers went into Datuk Seri Najib Razak's bank accounts, contrary to his earlier testimony that the former prime minister did not benefit from 1MDB's transactions.

       Former 1MDB non-executive director Tan Sri Ismee Ismail had a change of heart after he was shown a flow chart by lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram on several convoluted monetary transactions that went through a series of layering processes.

       Based on the document, the monies ended up in Najib's AmBank accounts ending with number 9694 and 1880.

       It has been previously testified that both the accounts belonged to Najib.

       Sri Ram: Part of the US$700mil went into Najib's account. So to the suggestion which was put to you (during cross-examination) that he did not receive any benefit from this Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN), would you like to review your answer?

       Ismee: These documents were not shown to me during the cross-examination. From what I see here, I can see the flow.

       Last month, the same witness agreed with the defence's contention that Najib did not receive money originating from the issuance of billions in IMTN bonds in 2009 by 1MDB's predecessor, Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA).

       In Thursday's (April 7) proceedings, Sri Ram took to the task of showing multiple, layered transactions to Ismee through the flow chart.

       The witness agreed with the prosecution that a total of RM2.28bil had ended up in Najib's accounts between 2011 and 2015.

       Najib, 69, is on trial for 25 charges in total - four for abuse of power that allegedly brought him financial benefit to the tune of RM2.28bil; and 21 for money laundering involving the same amount of money.

       The hearing continues before Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah this afternoon.