KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The High Court here has set 15 days beginning June 15 to resume the trial of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) former chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy on alleged tampering with the 1MDB final audit report.
Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan fixed the dates — June 15 to 18; July 27 to 30; Aug 10 to 13; and Aug 24 to 26 — when the case came up for mention.
He also reminded the prosecution, conducted by deputy public prosecutors Rozaliana Zakaria and Nadia Zulkefli, to prepare the witness statements at least one week prior to the trial.
When asked on the number of witnesses to be called by the prosecution, Rozaliana said the defence had yet to cross-examine five witnesses, while there are 20 more witnesses yet to be called to testify.
Counsel Nur Syahirah Hanapiah is representing Najib, while Arul Kanda is represented by counsel Datuk N. Sivananthan.
