Najib Abdul Razak is planning a show of support for his wife Rosmah Mansor during the court verdict of her solar hybrid energy corruption case tomorrow.
As a result of that, the former prime minister's RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial will start a bit later on Thursday at around 10am.
His lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah raised this point today during the 1MDB trial before Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah.
The lawyer was applying for the trial to begin a bit later on Feb 18 so that his client Najib could go to a separate Kuala Lumpur High Court where Rosmah would await her verdict.
Tomorrow, High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan is set to deliver the end-of-prosecution decision on the corruption case against Rosmah involving the RM1.25 billion solar project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.
Rosmah is set to know whether she walks free or has to enter her defence to the graft charges.
“My client (Najib) will be supporting his wife (Rosmah) tomorrow,” Shafee informed Sequerah as the accused looked on from the dock.
Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib then informed the court that some members of the prosecution team would be at the other court as well.
Collin allowed the application for tomorrow’s 1MDB trial to start at around 10am.
Defence counsel Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed then resumed the cross-examination of the 10th prosecution witness and former 1MDB chief executive officer (CEO) Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman.
When met by the media after the proceedings, Shafee explained that the application was made because Najib wished to show emotional support to Rosmah in the other court.
“My client would like to give emotional support when his wife receives judgment on whether her defence is to be called or not,” he said.
Najib is on trial for four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering involving RM2.28 billion of 1MDB's funds.
Aside from being the former prime minister, the accused was also finance minister and chairperson of the board of advisors of 1MDB at the time.
1MDB is fully owned by the Minister of Finance Incorporated (MOF Inc). - Mkini
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