Will it or won’t it? All eyes on Malaysia’s High Court to see if Najib’s 1MDB trial will begin today

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Though the High Court has set the trial for between February 12 and March 29 this year postponements have been going on for one reason or another and Malaysia' AG Tommy Thomas said that Mr Najib is delaying the trial

ial involves the amount of RM42 million allegedly belonging to a former unit of 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s , SRC International Sdn Bhd.

Three of those charges are for criminal breach of trust over a total RM42 million of SRC International funds, when, as both Prime Minister and Finance Minister of the country, he had control over this money. In the meantime, the lawyers of Mr Najib also filed four applications in relation to the case, all of which did not prosper. These appeals included a gag order on the media and the public from discussing the merits of his RM42 million case.

Malaysia’s Attorney General, Tommy Thomas, has said that Mr Najib is delaying the trial, seen by many as a litmus test of Dr Mahathir’s Pakatan Harapan government’s stand on corruption.On March 21 they were able to get a stay, or postponement, of the trial from the Court of Appeal until such a time that three of Mr. Najib’s appeals were heard. However, by March 27 this stay was reversed by the Federal Court, which said that the Court of Appeal had no jurisdiction for granting the order.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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