00:00 The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Thursday fixed November 6 to deliver its decision on the
00:07 prosecution's bid to amend three charges involving power abuse and money laundering in Datok
00:12 Seri Najib Razak's 1MDB trial.
00:16 Judge Colin Lawrence Sikera set the date after Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Mohammed Shafi
00:21 Abdullah, told the judge that the defense team needed more time to prepare submissions.
00:26 Shafi said there are a few more witnesses whom the defense team had to go through to
00:30 assemble the factual matrix of the case.
00:32 Deputy Public Prosecutor Kamal Baharan Omar said the prosecution had no objections to
00:38 the defense team's request.
00:40 Last Tuesday, the prosecution team said they wished to amend one of Najib's four power
00:45 abuse charges and two of his 21 money laundering charges.
00:49 Following the recent testimonies of witnesses, Bank Negara Malaysia's analyst Adam Arif
00:55 Mohamed Roslan and assistant director of the Anti-Money Laundering Criminal Investigation
01:00 Division Assistant Commissioner Fu Weimin, the prosecution sought to amend the amount
01:05 from 49.9 million ringgit to 44.6 million ringgit and the tenth charge, which the former
01:11 prime minister was accused of transferring money from unlawful activities, by reducing
01:16 the amount from 652.6 million ringgit to 515.7 million ringgit.
01:22 The court ruled that Najib was not guilty of any of the charges.
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