KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has chosen to give a sworn statement to answer his charges over the alleged RM42 million misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd, the High Court heard today. The...
Monday, 11 Nov 2019 12:44 PM MYTDatuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court November 11, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
With a prima facie established against him, Najib had three options to make his defence — by sworn evidence from the witness stand where he will be subjected to cross-examination, by unsworn statement from the accused dock, or remaining silent. At the defence stage of the trial, the prosecution must also prove beyond reasonable doubt in order for the court to find the accused guilty, and subsequently convict the accused as charged.Earlier today Mohd Nazlan ordered Najib to enter his defence after the prosecution successfully proved prima facie against Najib on all seven charges.
Later Najib's lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the defence would be filing two applications to the court on two matters — the list of witnesses whose statements were recorded by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission but not offered to the defence and copies of all statements recorded by the MACC and the police from witnesses.
Mohd Nazlan then ordered the defence to file both applications as soon as possible and set November 15 for hearing at 2.45pm.
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