1MDB: Nov 6 for decision on prosecution’s bid to amend three charges against Najib

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The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Thursday (Oct 26) fixed Nov 6 to deliver its decision on the prosecution’s bid to amend three charges involving power abuse and money laundering in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3tfyfuxf  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Thursday fixed November 6 to deliver its decision on the

00:07 prosecution's bid to amend three charges involving power abuse and money laundering in Datok

00:12 Seri Najib Razak's 1MDB trial.

00:16 Judge Colin Lawrence Sikera set the date after Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Mohammed Shafi

00:21 Abdullah, told the judge that the defense team needed more time to prepare submissions.

00:26 Shafi said there are a few more witnesses whom the defense team had to go through to

00:30 assemble the factual matrix of the case.

00:32 Deputy Public Prosecutor Kamal Baharan Omar said the prosecution had no objections to

00:38 the defense team's request.

00:40 Last Tuesday, the prosecution team said they wished to amend one of Najib's four power

00:45 abuse charges and two of his 21 money laundering charges.

00:49 Following the recent testimonies of witnesses, Bank Negara Malaysia's analyst Adam Arif

00:55 Mohamed Roslan and assistant director of the Anti-Money Laundering Criminal Investigation

01:00 Division Assistant Commissioner Fu Weimin, the prosecution sought to amend the amount

01:05 from 49.9 million ringgit to 44.6 million ringgit and the tenth charge, which the former

01:11 prime minister was accused of transferring money from unlawful activities, by reducing

01:16 the amount from 652.6 million ringgit to 515.7 million ringgit.

01:22 The court ruled that Najib was not guilty of any of the charges.

01:29 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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