LIVE | Less than two months after the May 9 polls, history is set to be made yet again as Malaysia's former prime minister is hauled to court to face criminal charges.
The Pakatan Harapan administration has kept to its promise to bring Najib Abdul Razak to book over the 1MDB scandal with his arrest by the MACC yesterday.
All eyes now turn to the Jalan Duta Court Complex, in Kuala Lumpur, where Najib will be taken after spending the night in detention at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
He is expected to be slapped with several counts criminal breach of trust (CBT) linked to transactions involving SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former 1MDB subsidiary.
Najib will first be brought before Sessions Court judge Zainal Abidin Kamaruddin before facing High Court judge Azman Abdullah.
The prosecution will be led by recently appointed Attorney-General Tommy Thomas.
Follow our live blog as the Malaysiakini team brings you the news as it takes place.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Case tranferred to High Court
- Charges read out - three counts CBT
- Attorney-general Tommy Thomas, team arrives
- Najib arrives at court
- Police presence intensifies
- MACC officers seen inspecting courtroom
- Crowd begins to build as Najib is set to arrive later in the morning
Case to go to High Court
9.13am: Sessions Court - Attorney-general Tommy Thomas seeks to transfer the case to the High Court.
He asks that a plea by the accused, Najib Abdul Razak, not recorded.
Lead defense counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah counters that a plea should be taken here and also at the High Court.
Najib is charge under section 409 of Penal Code.
To this, Judge Zainal Abidin decides that Najib's plea be recorded at the High Court.
Tommy then presents the certificate for the case to be transferred to the High Court.
Charges being read
9.09am: Sessions Court - Accused, Najib Abdul Razak is facing three charges under Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust.
The first charge - Between Dec 24 - 29, 2014, the accused, in his capacity as a public servant - holding the post of prime minister and finance minister, allegedly received RM27 million from SRC International at an Ambank branch in Jalan Raja Chulan in Kuala Lumpur.
Second charge - Between Dec 24 - 29, 2014, the accused, in his capacity as a public servant - holding the post of prime minister and finance minister, allegedly received receive RM4 billion just from SRC International at an Ambank branch in Jalan Raja Chulan in Kuala Lumpur.
Third charge - Between Dec 24 - 29, 2014, the accused, in his capacity as a public servant - holding the post of prime minister and finance minister, allegedly received receive RM10 billion just from SRC International at an Ambank branch in Jalan Raja Chulan in Kuala Lumpur.
AG and team next to arrive
8.55am: Sessions Court - Senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah arrives with the rest of Najib Abdul Razak's defence team.
His team includes Harvinderjeet Singh, Farhan Read, and Farhan Shafee.
8.42am: Attorney-General Tommy Thomas arrives with his team of about 11 other prosecutors that includes Manoj Kurup, Mohd Hanafiah Zakaria and Mohd Ishak Yusof.
More of Najib's children - Nooryana Najwa and her husband Daniyar Nazarbayev, and Norashman - also enter the courtroom.
Meanwhile, Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman is seen outside the High Court room where Najib will be taken afterwards.
"The struggle is not over. Look at (Pakatan Harapan de facto leader) Anwar Ibrahim.
"He went in and out of prison but his struggle continues," the former deputy minister tells reporters.
Here is the listed members of the prosecution team:
- Tommy Thomas
- Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria
- Manoj Kurup
- Suhaimi Ibrahim
- Umar Saifuddin Jaafar
- Ishak Mohd Yusoff
- Donald Joseph Franklin
- Muhammad Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi
- Budiman Lutfi Mohammed
- Sulaiman Kho Kheng Fuei
- Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul
- Muhammad Izzat Fauziah
Najib arrives
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