Najib Abdul Razak’s defence team is expected to keep up the heat in their cross-examination of former SRC International director Suboh Md Yassin today.
Having suffered a stroke years ago, the 42nd witness will face a slew of questions from lawyer Harvinderjit Singh as former premier Najib’s RM42 million SRC International trial before Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali enters the 32nd day.
Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s cross-examination of Suboh yesterday revealed that the witness had changed three times the statements he gave to MACC in a series of statement recordings in 2015 and last year.
Shafee’s targeted questions also made Suboh give curt “Yes” replies as the veteran lawyer utilised a projector and slides to try convince the witness that his signature had been forged by SRC International’s then CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil in order to authorise fund transfers of millions of ringgit involving the accounts of the company, its subsidiary Gandingan Mentari, and its CSR partner Ihsan Perdana, among others.
However, despite relentless cross-examination, the 68-year-old witness, who uses a walking case, has proven himself capable of delivering surprising testimony, such as his statement yesterday that Nik Faisal was emboldened by not only his position in SRC International but also by having “somebody behind him”.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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