Najib asks to skip this Friday’s SRC case to campaign in Tanjung Piai | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyer today asked that the former prime minister be allowed to skip court proceedings this Friday for matters related to his corruption trial over SRC International Sdn Bhd’s RM42 million funds, which is also the day before the Tanjung Piai...

Monday, 11 Nov 2019 02:12 PM MYTLawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah speaks to reporters at the Kuala Lumpur High Court November 11, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

“He’s got a statutory function in Johor Bahru,” Shafee claimed when explaining why Najib wanted to be excused from attending the Friday hearing. “The prosecution’s position has always been, in criminal matters, the accused has to be present, we don’t want the trial to be declared a nullity,” Sithambaram said.

Shafee also argued that any prejudice that may arise because of Najib’s absence during this Friday’s court proceedings would be to Najib himself, but also highlighted that it would just be for hearing of a related application and not the actual trial where evidence is produced. Najib then said he would choose to give a sworn statement from the witness stand in his own defence, which means he would be subjected to cross-examination by the prosecution.

 

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Ishh!!

Run run away

No way.

“Bugs” in the system 🕷 Too many to patch.

No this is wrong 😡

KBK

Contempt for the law.

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