KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has arrived at the High Court here to find out whether both he and former 1Malaysia Development Berhad Arul Kanda have to enter their defence or walk free in the 1MDB audit report tampering trial on Friday (March 3).
Najib, who is currently serving his prison sentence for the SRC case, arrived at the court complex at around 8.40am in a black SUV escorted by police and Prisons Department vehicles.
The decision was initially fixed for Jan 30 but parties were informed via an email from the court about the date being pushed to March 3. Najib, 70, is accused of abusing his position to order amendments to the 1MDB final audit report to avoid any action being taken against him while Arul Kanda, 46, is accused of abetting him in making the amendments to the report.
The offence was allegedly committed at the Prime Minister's Department Complex at the Federal Government Administrative Centre in Putrajaya between Feb 22 and 26, 2016. Both men were charged under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which provides a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of no less than five times the amount of gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
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