The trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah, who are facing six charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) totalling RM6.6bil, has been postponed yet again to July 22.
Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin allowed the application for postponement by Mohd Irwan’s lawyer Datuk K. Kumaraendran as the defence has yet to receive 48 other documents from the prosecution.
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Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin allowed the application for postponement by Mohd Irwan’s lawyer Datuk K. Kumaraendran as the defence has yet to receive 48 other documents from the prosecution.
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00:00The trial of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and former Treasury Secretary-General
00:08Tan Sri Mohamed Irwan Serigar Abdullah, who are facing six charges of criminal breach
00:14of trust totaling 6.6 billion ringgit, has been postponed once again to July 22.
00:22High Court Judge Mohamed Jamil Hussin allowed the application for postponement by Maud Irwan's
00:28lawyer Datuk K. Kumaraendran as the defence has yet to receive 48 other documents from
00:35the prosecution. Earlier, Kumaraendran told the court that the prosecution has yet to
00:41hand over the 48 documents to the defence, which would prejudice his client. Meanwhile,
00:47lawyer Tan Sri Mohamed Shafi Abdullah, representing Najib, said that the defence of the former
00:52Prime Minister would depend on Maud Irwan's statement or testimony.
00:57Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamed Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi confirmed that there were 48
01:02other documents classified as secret and confidential, which had yet to be declassified and handed
01:08over to the defence. In October 2018, Najib and Mohamed Irwan claimed trial to six charges
01:15of CBT of 6.6 billion ringgit in government funds involving payments to the International
01:21Petroleum Investment Company, allegedly committed between December 2016 and December 2017.