Najib seeks release from audit-tampering charge in PAC trial, court to hear submissions June 24


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be seeking a release from a charge of tampering with the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report that he is facing with former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy, who allegedly abetted the former prime minister.

Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah told the High Court that the defence intended to make the application based on the cross-examination conducted on former chief secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa.

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