The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged abuse of power and money laundering of 1MDB funds enters its 23rd day today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
Najib Abdul Razak's defence team will resume their cross-examination of the ninth prosecution witness, former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi on the 23rd day of the former prime minister's RM2.28 billion 1MDB trial today.
Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is set to continue questioning Shahrol over the alleged telephone call by Najib to the sovereign wealth fund's then chairperson, Mohd Bakke Salleh, in the middle of a board meeting on Sept 26, 2009, among other contentious issues linked to the case.
Yesterday, during proceedings before Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah, Shafee had put some questions to Shahrol over the purported telephone call and at the same time had indicated to the court that the defence will grill Shahrol in more depth about it today.
Star witness Shahrol, in his 270-page witness statement, had earlier testified that Najib called Mohd Bakke during the 1MDB board meeting, which was held to decide whether 1MDB should proceed with a proposed joint-venture with PetroSaudi International.
Yesterday, the witness testified that Najib's telephone call at that point in time acted to reassure doubts expressed by certain members of the 1MDB board over the proposed deal in which wanted businessperson Jho Low is allegedly involved in.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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