Prosecution seeks postponement of Najib’s 1MDB trial

: The prosecution is seeking for postponement of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s 1MDB trial until after the former prime minister’s SRC International case is settled first.

The Public Prosecutor in his affidavit attached to the motion cited that the SRC case which started on April 3 and was scheduled to be heard until May 10 before judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali had so far seen 12 prosecution witnesses called.In the affidavit, deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Izzat Fauzan cited that the 1MDB trial is scheduled to begin on May 14 with the other dates fixed being May 15 and 17; May 28, 29 and 31; June 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14; and June 18, 20 and 21.

“Judge Mohd Nazlan also had informed that he had no objection hearing the SRC case on the dates set for the 1MDB trial on condition judge Sequerah postponed it,” he was quoted as saying in the affidavit.

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