00:00The defence in former Prime Minister Datuk Sri Najib Razak's 1 Malaysia Development Berhad
00:061MDB trial has closed its case after calling 26 witnesses, bringing an end to the testimony
00:13stage of the high-profile 2.28 billion ringgit misappropriation case.
00:18Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafi Abdullah, informed presiding judge Justice
00:24Colin Lawrence Sequeira on Tuesday that the defence's final witness was forensic document
00:29expert Teh Uekam.
00:32Justice Sequeira thanked parties for assisting the High Court in the case and fixed September
00:3730 for written submissions to be filed simultaneously with replies due by October 10.
00:44The judge also fixed October 21-24 and October 27-31 for oral submissions before the court.
00:51The prosecution's trial began on August 28, 2019 and concluded on May 30, 2023.
00:59After 233 hearing days and testimony from 50 witnesses, on October 30, 2023, the High Court
01:09ordered Najib to enter his defence.
01:12He took the stand as the first defence witness on December 2.
01:16Among the 26 witnesses called were former 1MDB chairman Tan Sri Che Lodin Wak Kamaruddin and
01:23Tenku Datuk Rahima Sultan Mahmood, sister to Terengganu's Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin.
01:3071-year-old Najib faces four charges of abuse of power for allegedly receiving 2,280,000,000 ringgit
01:38in gratification from 1MDB funds and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount.
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