Najib to know whether to enter defence in RM2.28bil 1MDB case on Oct 30

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Datuk Seri Najib Razak will know on October 30 whether he has to enter defence in the RM2.28bil 1MDB case.   Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah fixed the date after submissions were completed for the prosecution's case at the KL High Court on Thursday.   Read more at https://bit.ly/3ZQWfmg   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Datuk Shri Najib Razak will know on October 30th whether he has to enter defence in the

00:062.28 billion ringgit 1MDB case.

00:10Justice Colin Lawrence-Sequeira fixed the date after submissions were completed for

00:13the prosecution's case at the KL High Court on Thursday.

00:18Submissions for the prosecution's case began on August 18th and lasted 12 days.

00:23Najib is on trial for a total of 25 charges, 4 for abuse of power that allegedly brought

00:28him the financial benefit to the tune of 2.28 billion ringgit and 21 for money laundering

00:35involving the same amount of money.

00:38The prosecution trial ran over 6 years in the span of more than 200 days.

00:43Najib was first charged at the Sessions Court on September 20th, 2018.

00:48The case was later transferred to the High Court on October 31st the same year.

00:53The trial began on August 28th, 2019.

00:57A total of 50 prosecution witnesses testified.

01:01Some of the key witnesses who testified were former Bank Negara Governor Tanshri Dr. Zeti

01:06Akhtar Aziz, former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmy, former 1MDB Chairman

01:13Tanshri Mohamed Bakr Saleh and 1MDB former General Counsel Jasmine Liu.

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