Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali has admitted to receiving money from former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak but claimed he did not know the funds originated from 1MDB.

His confession came after former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd filed a civil suit against him to recover the RM600,000 he received.

In a statement today, Ibrahim stressed that Najib had given him a “personal cheque” sometime after 2013.