‘SERVES HIM RIGHT’ ECHOES ACROSS MALAYSIA AS FIRST DAY OF NAJIB’S SRC TRIAL ENDS – JUDGE ADJOURNS HEARING TO APRIL 15 TO MAY 10 DUE TO OVERWHELMING PUBLIC INTEREST: EVEN CLARE BROWN DENIED A SEAT IN OVERFLOWING COURT-ROOM – WHILE NAJIB SUPPORTERS START TO JEER AT ‘LIARS’ FOREIGN MEDIA BECAUSE THEY ‘MAKE MALAYS FIGHT WITH MALAYS’

5.36pm – The first day of Najib’s trial draws to an end. Justice Nazlan fixes April 15 to May 10 for the trial to continue.

He says some degree of priority must be given due to overwhelming public interest in the case.

‘We are ready to see justice done’ – S’wak Report editor

4.20pm – Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown leaves the court complex. She tells the media that she will continue to watch this trial from afar and occasionally come to court for the hearings.

She says she managed to get into the video-link room to watch the trial, and that it had been interesting.

“It was good to see the trial finally go ahead, and I know there have been a lot of people who have been very anxious and affected by some of these events, who were wondering if this trial will get on the way.”

“[…] We are ready to see justice done with a proper trial conducted,” Rewcastle-Brown says.

She also reiterates that she will be resuming her focus on deforestation issues in Borneo.

Sarawak-born Rewcastle-Brown and the whistleblower site she established had played a key role in exposing the 1MDB scandal.

After Rewcastle-Brown leaves the court, a man who identifies himself as “Sofian Putra” leads a small group of Najib’s supporters in loud cheers of “Allahuakbar Takbir” (Allah is greatest) and “Tolak media asing” (Reject foreign media).

They are eventually stopped from cheering by police officers, as it is against the rules to make noise in the court complex.

When approached, Sofian tells the media that foreign media are unwelcome because they made “Malays fight Malays” and they are “liars”.

MKINI