Defence team may wrap up case next Monday.
9.37am: Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak enters the dock as proceedings before Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali begins.
9.45am: Najib’s defence team expresses the possibility that they may be able to wrap up their case on Monday next week, the High Court hears.
Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah says this to DPP V Sithambaram, who said it is hoped the defence can close their case on Monday.
9.43am: Judge Nazlan advises Najib’s defence to be committed to prepare their witnesses for trial.
“This cannot go on. Need commitment (to prepare witnesses for Najib’s RM42 million SRC trial),” Nazlan tells Shafee.
The judge says this following Shafee informing the court that both MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya and former MIC legal advisor Selva Mookiah are not ready to testify today.
Yesterday, Shafee informed the court that Latheefa and Selva were ready to testify today.
9.47am: Latheefa comes into court.
She explains to the court that she could not testify today and only can be done on Thursday.
Earlier, Shafee explained to the court that there was a mistake in the subpoena to Latheefa and said that she could only testify later.
Nazlan then allows Latheefa to testify on Thursday.
10.05am: Former MIC legal advisor Selva Mookiah was with the MACC team during a 1MDB probe linked visit to Riyadh on Nov 29 2015, the High Court hears.
Ninth defence witness, Mohd Nasharudin Amir testifies this during cross-examination by Sithambaram.
Nasharudin was an investigating officer into the RM2.6 billion donation issue linked to Najib in 2015.
He had earlier testified that he was part of a MACC team that went to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in late Nov 2015.
Previously, Nasharudin testified that he and another MACC officer took a statement from an alleged Arab prince, Prince Saud Abdul Aziz Malik Abdul Aziz, whereby the said statement was signed by the Arab prince’s attorney, in Riyadh on Nov 29, 2015.
Nasharudin also had previously testified that they took pre-recorded statements by alleged Jho Low’s associate, Tan Kim Loong, in Riyadh.
Sithambaram: You met Selva Mookiah on Nov 29, 2015, while taking the statements (in Riyadh)?
Nasharudin: Yes.
Sithambaram: In what capacity was he (Selva) in Riyadh during the recording of the two statements. Who is he representing?
Nasharudin: I am not sure what was his job in Riyadh, I only know he was there when the statements were taken.
Sithambaram: If there is a lawyer with a MACC team during the recording (of the statements), what was his role there?
Nasharudin: I do not know.
Sithambaram: Did he (Selva) say that he was a lawyer for Tan Kim Loong or anyone else?
Nasharudin: None.
Selva is one among witnesses that Najib’s defence team sought to call to the witness stand.
10.27am: The prosecution objects to the defence’s bid to tender Tan’s statement recorded by the MACC in Saudi Arabia in late Nov 2015.
Sithambaram argues that this is because there is no conclusive evidence that the statement recorded was indeed from Tan.
He argues that the investigating officer who recorded the statement confirmed that it was a pre-prepared statement.
The investigating officer here is believed to be in reference to Nasharudin.
“It is unknown who prepared the statement, it is cut and paste as a MACC statement given by Tan Kim Loong,” Sithambaram says.
However, Nazlan allows Tan’s statement to be tendered as an exhibit.
However, during proceedings later, Shafee merely asks Nasharudin to confirm the content of Tan’s MACC statement without going into detail.
10.33am: The court allows a short break.
10.59am: Proceedings resume.
11.17am: MACC officers Azhari Karim and Ting Ing Ping testify having recorded statements from Jerome Lee and Jho Low, respectively.
Both defence witnesses confirm this during examination-in-chief by Najib’s counsel Farhan Read.
Lee was an alleged associate of Jho Low. Both of these 1MDB-linked fugitives could not be located now.
Sithambaram informs the court that the prosecution has no cross-examination questions for the two witnesses.
Both Azhari and Ting are then released from the witness stand.
The contents of the MACC statements of Lee and Low were not read out in court.
As the defence do not have further witnesses for today, Nazlan allows proceedings to be adjourned to 2.30pm tomorrow.
Earlier reports:
Mar 2, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 84
Feb 27, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 83
Feb 26, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 82
Feb 24, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 81
Feb 17, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 80
Feb 13, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 79
Feb 13, Anifah Says Improper for Najib to Buy Channel Watch with Saudi Donation
Feb 11, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 78
Feb 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 77
Feb 10, Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Najib, Not King Abdullah Told Me About Donation
Feb 5, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 76
Feb 4, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 75
Feb 3, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 74
Jan 23, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 73
Jan 23, Stumbling for Answers at SRC Trial, Najib Is Schooled on Court Proceedings
Jan 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 72
Jan 22, Court Allows Najib to Call Expert to Verify Signatures
Jan 21, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 71
Jan 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 70
Jan 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 69
Jan 8, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 68
Jan 7, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 67
Jan 6, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 66
Jan 6, Prosecution’s Application to Impeach Najib Dismissed, Judge Ruled No Contradictions Given
Dec 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 65
Dec 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 64
Dec 18, Najib’s Defence Like Infamous VK Lingam’s Looks Like Me, Sounds Like Me, but Not Me
Dec 12, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 63
Dec 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 62
Dec 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 61
Dec 9, RM500K Birthday Watch for Rosmah, RM3.3M Jewellery Gift for Ex-Qatar PM’s Wife
Dec 5, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 60
Dec 3, Najb’s SRC Trial: Day 59
Dec 3, Najib’s Day in Court
Aug 27, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 58
Aug 23, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 57
Aug 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 56
Aug 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 55
Aug 19, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 54
Aug 14, SRC Trial Postponed as Najib Down with Sore Eyes
Aug 13, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 52
Aug 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 51
Aug 7, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 50
Aug 6, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 49
Aug 5, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 48
Aug 1, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 47
July 31, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 46
July 29, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 45
July 25, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 44
July 24, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 43 Vacated
July 23, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 42
July 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 41
July 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 40
July 17, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 39
July 16, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 38
July 15, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 37
July 11, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 36
July 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 35
July 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 34
July 8, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 33
July 3, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 32
July 3, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 31
July 1, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 30
June 20, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 29
June 19, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 28
June 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 27
June 17, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 26
June 14, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 25
June 13, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 24
June 12, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 23
June 11, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 22
June 10, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 21
May 28, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 20
May 27, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 19
May 15, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 18
May 14, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 17
May 9, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 16
May 8, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 15
May 7, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 14
May 7, Najib Fails in Second Bid to Remove Sri Ram as 1MDB Lead Prosecutor
May 7, Najib Signed Guarantee Letter for RM2B KWAP Loan to SRC, KWAP Rules Breached
May 6, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 13
May 2, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 12
May 2, RM1M Golden Handshake in Final Month as PM for Najib
Apr 30, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 11
Apr 29, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day 10
Apr 29, Court Throws Out Najib’s Application to Strike Out 7 SRC Charges, Trial to Go On
Apr 25, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Nine
Apr 24, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Eight
Apr 24, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Seven
Apr 22, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Six
Apr 18, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Five
Apr 17, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Four
Apr 16, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Three
Apr 15, Najib’s SRC Trial: Day Two
Apr 3, Najib Trial: Day One