The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged misappropriation of funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd enters its 33rd day today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
9.38am - Najib Abdul Razak enters dock as proceedings begin.
9.30am - Najib's lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah enters the court.
He is seen greeting other members of the defence team while waiting for proceedings to begin.
9.24am - Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak enters the Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali's court and takes a seat in the front row of the public gallery to await the beginning of proceedings.
Najib was earlier attending a separate case mention of his 1MDB case matter before judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah.
Also seen in court are Attorney General Tommy Thomas and other members of the prosecution team and Najib's defence counsel Yusof Zainal Abiden and other members of the defence team.
Is 42nd prosecution witness and former SRC International director Suboh Md Yassin's testimony actually helping bolster Najib Abdul Razak's own defence in the former prime minister's trial of abuse of power, corruption and money laundering involving the company's RM42 million?
This is what Najib's lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah implied would be the case as his client's trial enters its 33rd day before Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali this morning.
Back on July 3 after that day's proceedings, Shafee told the media that key witness Suboh is the answer to proving Najib's innocence as the defence gears up to further cross-examine the witness today.
In the course of the three days of hearing last week, 68-year-old Suboh agreed with the defence's assertion that his signature on 17 banking instructions between 2014 and 2015 had been forged.
Suboh had also testified that he was not aware of the related transactions, which involved authorisation of transfers millions of ringgit linked to the accounts of SRC International, its subsidiary Gandingan Mentari, and its CSR partner Ihsan Perdana, among others.
However, the witness' oral evidence that Nik Faisal emboldened action as though he had a "mountain behind him" may be among testimony that may be further probed by the prosecution during its re-examination of Suboh. - Mkini
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