KUALA LUMPUR: High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah rebuked Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pic) as the former prime minister was absent in court for his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial on Thursday (Aug 19) morning.
Najib's lawyer Rahmat Hazlan informed the court that the Pekan MP, together with 114 other MPs, had been summoned to Istana Negara to confirm their support for Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the new prime minister.
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