News by Chester Tay

It was reported that he also faces 33 counts of bribery at the Shah Alam Sessions Court amounting to RM42.7 million for receiving funds from Ultra Kirana. He had claimed trial to all the charges at the Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam Courts.

“He (Najib) is about the same age as I am. I have also endured having to sit on the wooden bench for two hours [in a separate case]. At our age, we do not have much flesh [on our buttocks].”

Rosli testified that while Morais did not participate in the investigation of SRC, he is not sure whether the slain civil servant was involved in the graft-buster's 1MDB probe.

At the case management yesterday, lawyer Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican told the Sessions Court that his team will file the application for better particulars in the prosecution’s charges by Sept 6.

Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah maintained that it would be better to start the trial on Sept 3 if not end of next week to give sufficient time for the defence to prepare.

The MACC officer said they took Suboh's statements six times, the first of which was recorded in Abu Dhabi.

...to prove that a thank you letter she sent to Najib and his wife is genuine.

Rosli also rejected the proposition that Jho Low directed SRC’s former chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil to sign documents related to the company.

Rosli also rejected claims that Najib had been duped in the SRC scandal.

Trial judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah will make a final confirmation at 4.30pm tomorrow on whether to start the hearing on Tuesday or Sept 3 as requested by the defence after receiving updates from Datuk V Sithambaram, the appointed prosecutor in the ongoing SRC International Sdn Bhd case.