{"id":12675,"date":"2021-12-14T19:36:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12675"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:36:52","slug":"najibs-1mdb-trial-put-off-again-hybrid-proceeding-not-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12675","title":{"rendered":"Najib’s 1MDB trial put off again, hybrid proceeding not allowed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak\u2019s 1Malaysia Development Berhad\u2019s (1MDB) trial at the High Court here was postponed yet again as his MySejahtera status is still in yellow, classifying him as a Person Under Surveillance (PUS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Justice Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah dismissed the prosecution\u2019s request to conduct the trial in a hybrid manner, in which Najib and his lawyers to join the proceedings through video conferencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter hearing submissions by both parties and upon reflecting on the matter, I have decided against hybrid proceedings for now but I am not ruling it out for the future,\u201d<\/em> said the judge who then allowed the proceeding to be adjourned to Dec 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib applied for the court to allow a hybrid proceeding under Section 15A of the Courts of Judicature  (Amendment) Act 2020, which would enable the court to conduct a remote proceeding with Najib, who is barred from entering the court complex due to his MySejahtera status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The section enables the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court to conduct proceedings through a live video or television link or any other electronic means of communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defense is set to cross-examine the 13th prosecution witness, former 1MDB chief financial officer Azmi Tahir when the trial continues on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Najib, 68, is facing four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totaling RM2.3 billion from 1MDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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