Najib, Irwan's RM6.6bil CBT trial postponed

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The trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah, who are facing six charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) totalling RM6.6 billion, has been postponed to June 19.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/b65dhj7t  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The trial of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former Treasury Secretary

00:08 General Tanshri Mohamed Irwan Serigar Abdullah, who are facing six charges of criminal breach

00:14 of trust, or CBT, has been postponed for two weeks.

00:18 The trial was initially scheduled to begin on Tuesday, but will now begin on June 19.

00:25 Justice Datuk Mohamed Jamil Hussein made the postponement to give time for both parties

00:29 to prepare and organize more than 100 documents for the trial.

00:34 On October 25, 2018, Najib and Irwan pleaded not guilty to six charges of CBT amounting

00:43 to 6.6 billion ringgit in government funds involving payments to IPIC.

00:50 They were jointly accused of committing all the offenses at the Finance Ministry Complex

00:55 in Putrajaya between December 21, 2016 and December 18, 2017.

01:03 Both were charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code Red, together with Section 34 of

01:09 the same code, which provides for a maximum of 20 years jail and whipping as well as a

01:14 fine upon conviction.

01:16 For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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