{
  "id": 647436,
  "title": "Najib’s lawyer raises 109 objections to ex-1MDB CEO’s witness statement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/najibs-lawyer-raises-109-objections-to-ex-1mdb-ceos-witness-statement",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/12/najib-s-lawyer-raises-109-objections-to-ex-1mdb-ceo-s-witness-statement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's lawyer has raised 109 objections to the witness statement of former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi in the US$5.64 billion civil suit. The objections, which the 1MDB counsel claims are due to hearsay and opinion, were served to the plaintiffs, and Najib's team needs time to study the objections before addressing them in court. The suit, filed on May 7, 2021, also names several other individuals and entities, alleging that the funds were misappropriated. Shahrol Azral, scheduled to testify today, had his testimony postponed until tomorrow.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}