The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged misappropriation of funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd enters its 15th day today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Tajuddin joins Najib in court
- Najib toys with phone as Maybank officer grilled
- Judge fixes RM6.6b CBT case for July
- Mention of six charges along with Irwan Serigar
Tajuddin joins Najib in court
10.15am - Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (photo) enters the courtroom and shakes hands with accused Najib Abdul Razak, as the cross-examination of witness Halijah Abdul Wahab continues.
Wearing a cream shirt and black songkok, Tajuddin takes a seat in the front row of the public gallery, right behind the dock.
He listens intently to lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah questioning the witness on the authorised signatories of Putra Perdana Construction and Permai Binaraya.
Najib toys with phone as Maybank officer grilled
9.45am - As lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah cross-examines Maybank officer Halijah Abdul Wahab, former premier Najib Abdul Razak plays with his mobile phone in the dock.
The accused appears to have turned on selfie camera on his phone, before switching it back around.
He then lowers the phone to continue looking at the screen as proceedings continue.
Judge fixes RM6.6b CBT case for July
9.30am - Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali fixes July 8 for case management of the RM6.6 billion CBT case of former premier Najib Abdul Razak and former treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
This is to allow Najib's SRC International trial to proceed unimpeded.
Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who leads Najib's defence team, raises no objection to the application from deputy public prosecutor Manoj Kurup to vacate the CBT matter.
Irwan steps out of the dock as Najib remains inside for the SRC international trial.
Mention of six charges along with Irwan
9.12am - Najib and Irwan enter court as mention of their RM6.6 billion CBT case begins.
8.55am - Clad in dark grey suit, the accused Najib Abdul Razak enters the courtroom and takes a seat at the front row of the public gallery.
The former premier is also seen shaking hands with former treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah (photo), who is also awaiting the beginning of mention for six counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6 billion before judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
The SRC International trial will begin after this mention.
Attorney-General Tommy Thomas and other members of the prosecution team are present.
Najib and Irwan are seen smiling as they chat with each other, as the former's lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is seen with other members of the defence.
Lawyer K Kumaraendran, is representing Irwan for the case mention.
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s trial for alleged abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering of SRC International Sdn Bhd’s RM42 million enters its 16th day today.
All eyes will be on Maybank officer Halijah Abdul Wahab over the money trail between SRC International, Putra Perdana Development Sdn, Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd, and Permai Binaraya Sdn Bhd.
Halijah's testimony yesterday matched the infamous flow chart showed by then-attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali during a press conference in Jan 2016.
The 31st witness testified that RM140 million was transferred from Putra Perdana Construction to SRC International on Dec 12, 2014; RM110 million from Putra Perdana Development to Putra Perdana Construction on Dec 12, 2014; and RM27 million from Permai Binaraya to Najib's AmBank account on July 8, 2014.
During the 2016 press conference, Apandi had announced that he was clearing Najib of all wrongdoing in relation to money transferred into the latter's AmBank accounts.
More light may be shed on the matter today as the defence is set to cross-examine Halijah before judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
After lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's request was granted by Nazlan yesterday, Halijah will present documents on signature samples of signatories for Putra Perdana Construction, Putra Perdana Development and Permai Binaraya.
Shafee had told the court yesterday that the documents are needed to prove that there are commonalities between the signatories of the companies.
- Mkini
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