High Court to hear 1MDB audit tampering case

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has ruled that it will hear the trial against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy's for allegedly tampering with an audit report on the company. 

Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali allowed the prosecution to transfer the case from the sessions court during pre-trial proceedings. Lawyers for the accused did not object to the prosecution's request. 

Najib and Arul were initially charged separately on Dec 12 last year.

ajib was charged with receiving gratification in the form of protection from ethical, civil or criminal actions against him as a public officer in relation to 1MDB, by ordering the alteration of the final audit report before it was presented to the Public Accounts Committee.

The offence was allegedly committed by Najib between Feb 22 and 26, 2016, at the Prime Minister’s Department in Putrajaya.

Arul, meanwhile, was charged with abetting Najib in the offence, on the same day and time.

Both will be tried together over the alleged tampering after the Sessions court judge Azura Alwi, on Jan 4, granted the prosecution's request to have a joint trial. - Mkini