Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, who presided over the trial, is set to hear the submissions by the defence and prosecution, which was fixed for two days beginning Tuesday.It is learnt that co-counsel for Najib, Harvinderjit Singh, would argue first and followed by Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas to reply to the defence submissions.On Aug 27, the prosecution closed its case after 58 days of trial after hearing the testimony of 57 witnesses.
Justice Mohd Nazlan had previously fixed Nov 11 for the decision on whether to call Najib to enter his defence or to acquit him on the charges. The judge also set Dec 3 to 4, Dec 9 until 12, and Dec 16 to 19 for Najib to enter his defence if the court found that the prosecution has established a prima facie case against the accused.
Najib - who is also the Pekan MP - was first brought to the Sessions Court here on July 4,2018, to face three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power in connection with SRC funds totalling RM42mil. On Aug 8, he was charged again in the Sessions Court on three counts of money laundering involving the same amount of the same funds. The case was later transferred to the High Court.Related stories:
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