KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak paid himself RM216,000 per year as allowances for being the chairman and a member of the board of advisers (BOA) of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the High Court was told today.

This quantum, according to former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, was decided by Najib himself following a 1MDB director's circular resolution dated June 6, 2010.