News by Hafiz Yatim

A total of 53 prosecution witnesses and seven defence witnesses, including the six accused, had been called to testify in the trial.

The 61-page statement of claim was filed in the High Court this afternoon through Messrs Haniff Khatri.

Former Finance Ministry secretary Datuk Maliami Hamad had testified that such hastiness “was not normal practice and had not happened before”, ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram said during final submissions in the SRC trial of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Lawyer Harvinderjit Singh took one and a half hours to conclude the submissions before the prosecution, saying his client had a firm belief the money he spent was from donations as the funds had come into his accounts over a period of a few years.

This follows the party organising secretary not possessing any executive power to make the arbitrary decision or deal personally with matters relating to the party constitution.

Datuk Shaharudin Ali confirmed to theedgemarkets.com via an audio message that he received a letter dated yesterday from High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan informing that the court would not call up the case file or proceed to hear the revision.

This follows the Federal Court three-member bench led by Court of Appeal president Datuk Rohana Yusuf upholding the Court of Appeal’s decision on the matter after it denied JMB Menara Rajawali and Denflow Sdn Bhd permission to appeal the decision.

Datuk Shaharudin Ali filed the revision application, with a certificate of urgency, at the High Court registry today.

Lead Deputy Public Prosecutor in the trial, Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, said he intends to initiate the proceedings because an article quoting Najib in March contained serious allegations.

Riza, who is the stepson of the accused, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, will be added to the witness list.