NAJIB BETRAYS SIGNS OF NERVOUSNESS – KEEPS PLAYING WITH HIS PHONE – AS JHO LOW-LINKED FIRMS COME INTO FOCUS IN SRC TRIAL: IF HE FAILS TO CONVINCE COURT JHO LOW SCAMMED HIM, IT’S THE BLACK MARIA & SUNGAI BULOH PRISON FOR HIM

Najib toys with phone as Maybank officer grilled

9.45am – As lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah cross-examines witness Halijah Abdul Wahab, accused Najib Abdul Razak plays with his mobile phone in the dock.

The former premier 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. – MKINI

More questions on transfers involving Jho Low-linked firms

9.58am: Shafee tells the witness that he wants to focus on these two names.

9.57am: Halijah says Rosman became a signatory for Putra Perdana Construction on May 2, 2012, and Lee on May 28, 2014.

9.52am: Halijah says she is not sure of the company’s signatories in 1998. She says there were six signatories for Kamunting Construction.

9.51am: Shafee goes through Putra Perdana Constuction’s form. Halijah confirms that Putra Perdana Construction is formerly known as Kamunting Construction Sdn Bhd. The name was changed on September 17, 1998.

9.38am: Shafee goes through the account-opening form of Permai Binaraya. Halijah confirms that the bank received a letter on July 1, 2014 from Permai Binaraya, and the account was opened on July 2, 2014. There were two signatories – Rosman Abdullah and Jerome Lee Tak Loong.

9.32am: The SRC International trial resumes. Halijah takes the stand.

Shafee asks whether she brought the documents requested. She says “yes”.

Shafee goes through them.

9.14am: Judge Nazlan says he wants to fix dates for the IPIC case. Shafee asks him not to fix dates until at least September, as the 1Malaysia Development Bhd and SRC International trials will not wrap up till August. The lawyer proposes a postponement of dates to hear the IPIC case.

The parties will return on Monday to decide on the matter. The prosecution and defence need to confer with judge Colin Sequerah and others before they can finalise the dates before judge Nazlan.

Nazlan says the IPIC trial will most probably start this December or in January next year.

9.13am: The court is in session, with Irwan and Najib in the dock.

The prosecution is seeking to vacate the July 8 date of the Najib-Irwan trial to accommodate the SRC International trial, saying “it would not promote judicial efficiency to start the IPIC case when (the) SRC International (case) is ongoing”, referring to Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company.

9.02am: Former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah takes a seat next to Najib. Judge Nazlan will hear the case mention for the two, who were jointly charged with six counts of CBT involving RM6.6 billion in government funds between December 16, 2016 and December 18, 2017, before the ex-prime minister’s SRC International trial continues.

8.58am: Najib enters the courtroom. He is conferring with his aide. -THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT

MKINI / THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT