Najib arrives at court for 1MDB audit report trial
Bernama
August 26, 2022 10:59 MYT
August 26, 2022 10:59 MYT
A motorcade carrying former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives for the 1MDB scandal proceedings at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 26, 2022. - Astro AWANI/Shahir Omar
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is now at the Kuala Lumpur High Court here for his 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) audit tampering trial.
The 69-year-old former premier arrived at the court complex at 8.48 am in a black SUV escorted by several police and Prisons Department vehicles.
His wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, was also present at the court complex, where media practitioners from various agencies had gathered since 8 am.
Najib is charged with using his position to order amendments to the 1MDB final audit report before it was presented to the Public Accounts Committee to avoid any action being taken against him.
Meanwhile, 1MDB's former chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy, 45, is charged with abetting Najib in making the amendments to the report to protect the Pekan MP from being subjected to action.
Two prosecution witnesses are expected to testify at today's proceedings, namely Arul Kanda and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Investigation Branch Senior Superintendent Haniff Lami.
On Tuesday, Najib was sent to Kajang prison after the Apex Court upheld the 12 years' jail sentence and RM210 million fine on him for misappropriating RM42 million of SRC International funds.
Yesterday, the former prime minister was present at the court to attend his 1MDB trial proceedings before High Court Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah.
-- BERNAMA