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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence trial in the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case is scheduled to begin at the High Court on Dec 2.

The court has fixed a 97-day hearing, with the dates spread through December and the entire next year for Najib to answer the charges against him.

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00:00Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's defence trial in the 2.28 billion ringgit
00:081MDB case is scheduled to begin at the High Court on December 2.
00:15The court has fixed a 97-day hearing, with the date spread through December and the entire
00:20next year, for Najib to answer the charges against him.
00:25Najib's counsel, Tansri Mohamad Shafay Abdullah, said the defence is expected to call at least
00:3011 witnesses.
00:31There are some witnesses that will be put on a witness statement.
00:38Like Datuk Seri Najib, we are trying to put it on a witness statement.
00:41But there are some other witnesses that will be subpoenaed.
00:44That means they are forced to come.
00:47Those witnesses will be witnesses that will be a free fall.
00:51That means you ask questions, he answers impromptu.
00:54The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors had established a case against
00:59Najib on four charges of abuse of power and 21 charges of money laundering.
01:05Judge Colin Lawrence Sequeira said the charges filed against Najib were valid and correct
01:10in law, and found all prosecution witnesses to be credible.
01:14Prosecutors had called on 50 witnesses to give evidence, including former central bank
01:19Governor Tansri Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

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