'This past week has been a nightmare for her,' a source says.
KUALA LUMPUR : Datuk Seri Najib Razak 's defence trial in the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd case is scheduled to begin at the High Court on Dec 2.
Earlier, Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah ordered the former prime minister to enter his defence on four counts of power abuse and 21 counts of money laundering charges linked to the RM2.28bil said to be misappropriated from 1MDB.During the closing of the prosecution’s case on May 30, Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib informed the court that the prosecution was offering 49 witnesses to the defence including Najib's own lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.
"This court accordingly calls upon the accused to make his defence on all 21 charges under the Anti-Money Laundering Act," he said here on Wednesday. Najib's counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said his client"has nothing to hide" and that he will give evidence from the stand.
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