Najib’s 1MDB trial to resume Monday (July 5)

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case will resume at the High Court here on Monday (July 5).

Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the case was initially scheduled to resume on Tuesday (June 29) before Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah, but was postponed due to Phase One of the National Recovery Plan (NRP).

“We received an email from the court on Tuesday afternoon informing us that the trial of the 1MDB case had been postponed. According to the schedule set earlier, the next trial date will start from July 5 to 8, ” he said when contacted via WhatsApp Wednesday (June 30).

The case was last heard on May 27.

Najib’s lawyer Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed is expected to continue cross-examining the 10th prosecution witness Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman, 49, former 1MDB chief executive officer, when the trial resumes.

Najib, 67, is facing four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totalling RM2.3bil from 1MDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount. – Bernama



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