News by Hafiz Yatim

Rosli has so far maintained that signatures on AmBank documents, including 15 cheques, were admitted by Najib to be his and not forged.

MACC investigating officer (IO) Senior Assistant Commissioner Rosli Hussain was shown an article from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and he said it was not the WSJ report that resulted in the investigations.

The trial for the suit that had been fixed on Sept 17 will continue as scheduled, according to the lawyers.

Justice Sequerah will decide on his own today whether to start the 1MDB case today as the Federal Court last week did not allow the postponement of the trial.

The judge also dismissed the Ministry and government's cross-appeal over the quantum of RM11.26 million awarded in general damages and ordered them to pay RM15,000 costs to The Edge Communications.

However, the five-member bench led by Chief Justice Datuk Seri Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ruled that the defence and prosecution would have to take it up with High Court trial judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah on Aug 19 itself whether they want to proceed with the case on that day.

If convicted, the duo stand to face a maximum 20 years jail term and a minimum fine of RM10,000 or five times the amount of graft received.

R Kenghadaran, who was also a former Hindraf leader who was detained under the now-defunct Internal Security Act, filed the suit at the High Court yesterday.

Husni, who is the first Cabinet minister from Najib's cabinet to testify in the trial, provided insight into how the ministry is run especially concerning 1Malaysia Development Bhd and SRC.

This follows the decision today by a seven-member bench led by Chief Justice (CJ) Datuk Seri Tengku Maimum Tuan Mat to dismiss Najib's appeal to bar Sri Ram from leading the prosecution in the case, which is scheduled to start this Aug 19.