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  • 5/30/2024
After six years, the prosecution has closed its case in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's trial involving RM2.28bil from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

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00:00 After six years, the prosecution has closed its case in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's trial
00:08 involving 2.28 billion ringgit from 1MDB.
00:12 The prosecution trial, which ran for 235 days, ended with its last witness on the stand being
00:18 Ambank's former group managing director Che Tek Wang, who was recalled to testify on Thursday.
00:25 Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told the High Court that the prosecution was
00:30 officially closing its case after calling 50 witnesses.
00:34 He added that the prosecution is offering 49 witnesses to the defense, including Tan
00:39 Shri Muhammad Shafi Abdullah.
00:42 Justice Colin Lawrence Sekwere instructed parties to file their written submissions
00:47 on July 26.
00:49 He also fixed August 19 until 22 for parties to do oral submissions.
00:54 Najib was first charged at the Sessions Court on September 20, 2018, and the case was then
01:00 transferred to the High Court on October 31.
01:03 The trial began on August 28, 2019.
01:07 Some of the key witnesses who testified were former Bank Negara Governor Tan Shri Dr. Zeti
01:12 Akhtar Aziz, former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, former 1MDB Chairman
01:20 Tan Shri Muhammad Bakhi Saleh, and former 1MDB General Counsel Jasmine Lu.
01:26 Seventy-year-old Najib is on trial for 25 charges in total, four for abuse of power
01:32 that allegedly brought him the financial benefit of 2.28 billion ringgit and 21 for money laundering
01:39 involving the same amount of money.
01:40 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.au/coronavirus.

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