CONGRATS NAJIB, YOU’RE THE BIGGEST ‘STAR’ IN THE WORLD NOW – BUT FOR THE WORST REASONS: FOREIGN & LOCAL MEDIA SWAMP KL IN DROVES TO FIND OUT & REPORT HOW DISHONEST NAJIB HAS BEEN IN ‘STEALING’ PUBLIC MONEY AS SRC TRIAL KICKS OFF TOMORROW

ONE hundred passes have been prepared for local and foreign media practitioners covering the case former prime minister Najib Razak involving SRC International funds in the high court tomorrow.

An officer managing the registration of media personnel said 30 red passes were for local and foreign journalists to attend the proceedings at the open court; 20 orange passes are for proceedings in the video-link room; and, 50 blue passes are for photographers and cameramen at the Court Complex lobby.

She said the video room is located at the Criminal Sessions Court 2, and only one representative from each news agency is allowed to enter the room.

“Nonetheless, if there are too many journalists, we will consider adding another video display room with 20 more passes,” she said.

Sixteen local media journalists are allowed to enter the court itself. They are from Bernama, RTM, TV3, Astro Awani, a representative from NSTP Group and Utusan Melayu, Sinar Harian, The Star, Oriental Daily, China Press, Malay Mail, Malaysiakini, Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia Gazette, The Edge and The Malaysian Insight.

Apart from that, 14 journalists from international media are from AFP, AP, CNN, BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Asahi Shimbun, Nikkei, Dow Jones Newstimes, Fairfax Media, The Financial Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Kyodo News.

The case will be heard before judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali on Level Five, and three witnesses, comprising government and bank officers, will give their statements.

Meanwhile, checks showed that several tables have been placed at the corridor on Level Five to prevent the public from passing through the area.

On July 4, last year, Najib, who is also Pekan MP, was charged at the sessions court with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one charge of abuse of power relating to SRC International amounting to RM42 million.

On August 2, the former prime minister was charged with three counts of money laundering involving the same amount from the same funds.

– Bernama