The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged misappropriation of funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd enters its 37th day today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
The 38th day of former premier Najib Abdul Razak's RM42 million SRC International trial today will be the briefest yet – just two hours, from 9am to 11am.
Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali allowed the special dispensation yesterday so that Najib can discharge his duty as Pekan MP and attend Dewan Rakyat proceedings.
Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had applied for today's briefer proceedings to allow his client to participate in the parliamentary debate on the Undi 18 bill, which seeks to lower the voting age from 21 to 18.
This is in contrast to what transpired on July 1, when the judge threw out the application for Najib to skip proceedings to attend a Dewan Rakyat sitting.
On that day, Shafee told the court that Najib needed to participate in a parliamentary debate on a bill to compel MPs to declare their assets.
Among the possible witnesses that may be called by the prosecution during today's brief proceedings is former Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M) CEO Ung Su Ling.
At one point, Najib was also the chairperson of YR1M, which the court previously heard was one of the funders of Ihsan Perdana, a CSR partner of 1MDB. - Mkini
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