Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad who is a former director of the National Revenue Recovery Enforcement Team (NRRET) and also a former chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, September 7, 2022. — Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — The prosecution today rested its case after calling 16 witnesses to testify in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s trial over the removal of key information from the auditor-general’s 2016 audit report on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Today, lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram informed the High Court that the prosecution had concluded its case, and then proceeded to offer a list of 18 individuals as witnesses that Najib’s lawyers could choose to call if he has to enter his defence in this trial.
“Eighteen of them, these are the witnesses we offer, and we close our case,” he said.
The list of 18 witnesses included former Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairmen Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed and Tan Sri Hasan Arifin, and former Dewan Rakyat secretary Datuk Roosme Hamzah.
Also listed were Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad who is a former director of the National Revenue Recovery Enforcement Team (NRRET) and also a former chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and The Edge Media Group chairman Datuk Tong Kooi Ong.
This trial had started on November 18, 2019, and had so far taken place over 43 days where 16 prosecution witnesses were called and had testified.
High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan has scheduled October 28 for both the prosecution and the defence to present their oral submissions or to present their arguments verbally on the case.
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