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1MDB trial adjourned to noon as witness calls in sick

Former company CEO ‘feverish and on sick leave’, says deputy public prosecutor

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 10 Feb 2021 11:31AM

1MDB trial adjourned to noon as witness calls in sick
Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah has ordered Mohd Hazem Abd Rahman to do a swab test, after the latter was reported to be feverish and on sick leave today. – Bernama pic, February 10, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – The high court today adjourned the morning session of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial to noon as the 10th prosecution witness was reported to be unwell.

Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah adjourned the trial after being informed of the matter by deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Mustafa P. Kunyalam.

“The witness, the former chief executive officer of 1MDB, Mohd Hazem Abd Rahman, is feverish and on sick leave. He is unable to testify today,” said Mustafa.

Sequerah then ordered the witness to do a swab test and adjourned the trial to 1pm.

Mustafa then informed the court that former deputy chief secretary to the cabinet Tan Sri Mazidah Abdul Majid would be the next witness to testify.

Najib, 67, is facing four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totalling RM2.3 billion from 1MDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount. – Bernama, February 10, 2021

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