DAY 86 | The criminal trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak involving the alleged misappropriation of funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd enters day 86 today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports of the proceedings.
Summary of Najib’s SRC RM42 million case
Najib is facing 7 charges relating to RM42m involving SRC International, a former 1MDB subsidiary.
MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya is among witnesses that the defence is ready to call on the 86th day of Najib Abdul Razak’s RM42 million SRC International trial today.
Yesterday, at the end of proceedings, lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed the Kuala Lumpur High Court that she and former MIC legal adviser Selva Mookiah are two defence witnesses that can be called to proceedings today.
Latheefa’s testimony is sought by former premier Najib’s defence team in relation to the MACC on Jan 8 exposing audio recordings of conversations allegedly involving the accused and several other personalities in relation to the 1MDB scandal.
Yesterday, the prosecution tried to tender as evidence a Jakim bulletin dated Feb 2010 in an attempt to verify then minister in the prime minister’s department Jamil Khir Baharom’s whereabouts on Jan 11 that same year.
The Jakim bulletin allegedly stated that Jamil, who was then the minister in charge of Islamic affairs, was at a related programme at Putrajaya on that date.
In past proceedings on Feb 11, Jamil Khir testified that he was part of a Najib-led delegation to Saudi Arabia on Jan 11, 2010, and that on that date (Jan 11 2010) at Riyadh, the Middle Eastern kingdom’s then ruler King Abdullah Abdulaziz al Saud had allegedly promised financial donation to the accused.
However, Najib’s defence team yesterday objected to the document being tendered as evidence, with Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali then only allowing the document to be tendered as ID (Identification Document) rather than as exhibit (ID means that during proceedings, a witness can only be referred to the document without its contents being read out in court).
When proceedings before Nazlan resumes around 9am this morning, the defence team is expected to conduct a bit more re-examination of the ninth defence witness, MACC assistant commissioner Mohd Nasharudin Amir. - Mkini
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