Court says no to Najib's bid to delay 1MDB audit tampering trial pending disposal of application to recuse Sri Ram
Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah had earlier told the court of the defence’s application to recuse Sri Ram in the case. Shafee argued that the matter should be resolved first because if the court were to proceed with the trial, it would be as if the application is non-existent or trivialised.