00:00 The trial of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former Treasury Secretary
00:08 General Tanshri Mohamed Irwan Serigar Abdullah, who are facing six charges of criminal breach
00:14 of trust, or CBT, has been postponed for two weeks.
00:18 The trial was initially scheduled to begin on Tuesday, but will now begin on June 19.
00:25 Justice Datuk Mohamed Jamil Hussein made the postponement to give time for both parties
00:29 to prepare and organize more than 100 documents for the trial.
00:34 On October 25, 2018, Najib and Irwan pleaded not guilty to six charges of CBT amounting
00:43 to 6.6 billion ringgit in government funds involving payments to IPIC.
00:50 They were jointly accused of committing all the offenses at the Finance Ministry Complex
00:55 in Putrajaya between December 21, 2016 and December 18, 2017.
01:03 Both were charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code Red, together with Section 34 of
01:09 the same code, which provides for a maximum of 20 years jail and whipping as well as a
01:14 fine upon conviction.
01:16 For more information, visit www.fema.gov
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