News about trial

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit tampering trial involving Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and 1MDB former CEO and president Arul Kanda Kandasamy will begin on Monday (Nov 18).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): The High Court has today set new trial dates, beginning Feb 18, 2020, to hear corruption charges against former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor after the prosecution and defence submitted adjustment letters to change the dates.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): The evidence adduced by the prosecution in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial showed the company, set up as a strategic investment vehicle, was also designed for all intents and purposes to be used by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak for his own private advantage, the High Court ruled yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali took an hour to deliver his decision today that the prosecution has successfully established a prima facie case against former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak on all seven charges in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's trial involving alleged misappropriation of SRC International Sdn Bhd's RM42 million will go beyond Malaysia's next general election in anticipation that the case will reach the Federal Court, defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and his lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah were taken aback by a high court decision ordering the former prime minister to enter his defence on all seven charges levelled against him over the misappropriation of RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): The 1MDB-Tanore trial was cut short today as prosecution witness Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi was unwell as he was down with the flu.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's legal team plans to file contempt charges against a politician, journalist and newspaper in relation to comments made on the former premier's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali said today that based on totality of evidence, it can be construed that Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was a shadow director of SRC International Sdn Bhd and that it was on Najib's directive a sum of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Once Malaysia's highest ranking politician, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has today been ordered by the High Court to enter his defence for the three criminal breach of trust, an abuse of power and three money laundering charges involving RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.