Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is escorted by the prison officers during a break of his second trial related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 25, 2022. - REUTERSPIX: Former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram will remain as ad hoc deputy public prosecutor in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd audit report tampering trial.
Justice Ong who led the panel said the court agreed with the High Court and the Appellate Court that there was no evidence to show that Sri Ram had participated in the investigation process and carried out the investigation in Najib’s IMDB cases. Najib had applied to disqualify Sri Ram in his audit tampering trial, seeking declarations that there was a conflict of interest between Sri Ram’s appointment as senior deputy public prosecutor and his continuous practice as an advocate and solicitor.
The other 1MDB-linked trials against Najib still pending in the Kuala Lumpur High Court are the IMDB case, the criminal breach of trust involving payments to the International Petroleum Investment Company and the money-laundering and power abuse linked to the 1MDB case. Najib is charged with using his position to order amendments to the IMBD final audit report before it was presented to the Public Accounts Committee to avoid any action being taken against him while Arul Kanda, 45, is charged with abetting Najib in making the amendments to the report, to protect Najib from being subjected to action.
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