It was a heated exchange of words between the prosecution and the defence over a witness statement in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial at the Kuala Lumpr High Court on Monday (Jan 8).
The trial continued with the 49th prosecution witness, Nur Aida Arifin, resuming her testimony by reading her 95-page witness statement.
Her testimony, however, was halted when Najib’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, stood up to object on the grounds of hearsay.
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The trial continued with the 49th prosecution witness, Nur Aida Arifin, resuming her testimony by reading her 95-page witness statement.
Her testimony, however, was halted when Najib’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, stood up to object on the grounds of hearsay.
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00:00 It was a heated exchange of words between the prosecution and the defence over witness
00:06 statement in Datuk S. Najib Razak's 1 Malaysia Development Berhad trial at the Kuala Lumpur
00:11 High Court on Monday.
00:13 The trial continued with the 49th prosecution witness, Nur Aida Arifin, resuming her testimony
00:20 by reading her 95-page witness statement.
00:23 Her testimony, however, was halted when Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafi Abdullah,
00:30 stood up to object on the grounds of hearsay.
00:33 He argued that the witness, a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission senior officer, had drawn her own
00:38 conclusion in the case.
00:41 In response, Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Akarib said her testimony was merely
00:47 based on the findings of her investigation as she was the investigating officer in the
00:53 1MDB probe.
00:54 Muhammad Shafi, however, objected to Nur Aida's statement numerous times.
01:00 This prompted High Court Judge Justice Colin Lawrence-Akwera to intervene.
01:05 The proceedings were then urgent for parties to meet the judge in chambers.
01:10 Najib is on trial for 25 charges, four for abuse of power that allegedly brought him
01:15 the financial benefit to the tune of RM2.28 billion and 21 for money laundering involving
01:22 the same amount of money.
01:24 The hearing continues on January 24.
01:27 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.au/court-judges