The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged abuse of power and money laundering of 1MDB funds enters its 32nd day today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
10.17am - Najib Abdul Razak enters the dock as proceedings begin.
His lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah resumes his cross-examination of former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi.
Also seen in court is lead DPP Gopal Sri Ram and other members of the prosecution team.
9.55am - Accused Najib Abdul Razak enters the High Court and takes a seat at the front row of the public gallery to await proceedings to begin.
Earlier, the former prime minister was attending a mention at a separate High Court for his 1MDB audit report tampering case.
Najib Abdul Razak's defence team has finally crossed the halfway mark in their questioning of former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi since cross-examination began on Oct 7.
This was indicated by the former prime minister's lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (above) during proceedings at the Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday.
Shafee had told judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah that the defence has completed more than half of the questions to be levelled against key 9th prosecution witness Shahrol.
The veteran legal practitioner is expected to pick up cross-examination from where he left off yesterday, which was on the minutes of 1MDB board meetings in early 2011.
The questioning was focused on a part located more than halfway point in Shahrol's 270-page witness statement.
Among others, Shahrol had testified that in a 1MDB board meeting in April 2011, the sovereign wealth fund's directors decided to give him a salary raise from RM80,000 to RM90,000 a month due to him having exceeded expectations.
The 32nd day of Najib's RM2.28 billion trial before Sequerah will start a bit later after 9.30am as lead deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Gopal Sri Ram and Shafee had to attend to another court matter before they could come for the proceedings.
As a result, the judge had set for today's proceedings to end later at 6.15pm this afternoon.
Shahrol has been on the witness stand for 21 days, which is about one-third of the hearing so far. He has been cross-examined by the defence for 14 days. - Mkini
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