There has never been evidence that showed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was at AmIslamic Bank Bhd to commit the crime he is accused of, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur was told on Monday (Aug 19).
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00:00The KL High Court was told on Monday that there has never been evidence that showed
00:06former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was at M. Islamic Bank Berhad to commit the
00:12crime he's accused of.
00:15Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Mohammed Shafi Abdullah, submitted that the prosecution never
00:20showed evidence that the former Pekan MP was present at the bank in Jalan Raja Chulan anywhere
00:26between February 24 and June 14, 2011, to abuse his official position.
00:33The first charge against Najib states that he allegedly used his position as Prime Minister,
00:39Finance Minister, and Chairman of the 1MDB Advisory Board at M. Islamic Bank.
00:45Mohammed Shafi, who was making his submissions at the 2.28 billion ringgit 1MDB trial, said
00:52the charge against his client was defective and fundamentally flawed.
00:56The lawyer said Najib had never seen the M-Bank building, nor had he set foot in there.
01:01He also said his client's lack of presence at the place where the offense was allegedly
01:06committed confused the defense, and the prejudice against Najib caused the 1MDB trial to last
01:13six years.
01:14Najib is on trial for 25 charges in total, four for abuse of power that allegedly brought
01:20him the financial benefit to the tune of 2.28 billion ringgit, and 21 for money laundering
01:26involving the same amount of money.
01:29The hearing before Justice Colin Lawrence Sequeira continues on Tuesday.