1MDB US$5.64bil civil suit: Najib objects to 80pct of Shahrol Azral witness statement
KUALA LUMPUR: About 80 per cent of former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi's 168-page witness statement has been objected to on hearsay grounds in the civil suit involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The 1MDB US$5.64 billion civil suit against former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and six others involves objections raised by Najib regarding 80% of former CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral's 168-page witness statement. The objections were raised on hearsay grounds by Najib's legal counsel, Lee Shih. The objection was communicated to High Court Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Redzuan Idrus today.
Shahrol Azral is prepared to testify starting from the following day. The court approved the objection request, allowing the trial to proceed the day after tomorrow. Earlier, the third plaintiff witness, Angela Barkhouse, completed her testimony after being released from the witness stand on Monday. 1MDB and its subsidiaries filed the civil suit on May 7, 2021, accusing the defendants of various offenses including breach of trust, breach of statutory duty, abuse of power, and conspiracy to misappropriate 1MDB funds.
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