After 58 days, defence wraps up Najib's 1MDB case
Former prime minister Najib Razak is standing trial on 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering over funds amounting to RM2.28 billion.
PUTRAJAYA : Former prime minister Najib Razak's 1MDB defence in the High Court concluded today after 58 days of trial.
Lawyer Shafee Abdullah told Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah that the defence was wrapping up its case today, after calling its last witness, Tay Eue Kam.
The hearing for the defence began on Dec 2 last year.
A total of 26 witnesses were called, including former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng, former inspector-general of police Fuzi Harun and ex-1MDB chairman Lodin Wok Kamaruddin.
Sequerah set Oct 21 to 31 to hear oral submissions from the defence and prosecution.
'The defence must file its written submissions by Sept 30 and the prosecution must file their replies by Oct 10,' he said.
The prosecution's case had earlier taken up 235 days in the trial which began on Aug 28, 2019.
Besides Shafee, Najib was also represented by lawyers Tania Scivetti and Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin.
Deputy public prosecutors Kamal Baharin Omar, Ahmad Akram Gharib, Mustaffa P Kunyalam, T Deepa Nair and Nadia Izhar appeared for the prosecution.
Najib is standing trial on 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering over funds amounting to RM2.28 billion deposited into his AmBank accounts between February 2011 and December 2014.
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