Prosecution wants Najib to apologise for two Facebook postings
The postings in question were dated on the night of July 15 and on the morning of July 17.
The postings in question were dated on the night of July 15 and on the morning of July 17.
At about 12:22pm, High Court deputy registrar Mahyudin Mohd Som informed the parties involved in the case of the warning by the authorities when lawyer Harvinderjit Singh was cross-examining former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping.
Former AmBank customer relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping will continue to be cross-examined by the defence with focus on her exchanges with fugitive businessman Jho Low.
Najib's lawyer Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammad had asked for an adjournment and told the court that Harvinderjit, who had been cross-examining former AmBank relationship liaison manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping, was sick.
The unanimous decision was made by a three-member appeal court bench led by Justice Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli, with the other two judges being Justice Datuk Kamardin Hashim and Justice Datuk Zabariah Mohd Yusof.
Court overruling prosecution's objection.
Yu said she only took instructions from Nik Faisal, who is the mandate holder of Najib’s accounts with the bank.
Justice Nazlan will today listen to submissions from Attorney General Tommy Thomas and Najib's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah on whether the former premier should apologise to court for his Facebook posting on July 15 defending his purchase of RM3.3 million jewellery in Italy which he allegedly claims is for an undisclosed royal family.
High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah had twice within a week refused applications to delay the 1MDB trial.
The order was made by Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan following an application made by DPP Aaron Chelliah.