Prosecution failed to specify Najib's interest in 1MDB, defence tells court

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Prosecution failed to specify Najib's interest in 1MDB, defence tells court
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KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd case has failed to specify Datuk Seri Najib Razak 's interest behind his decisions pertaining to the sovereign wealth fund, the High Court heard.) said that his client's four charges of abuse of power did not specify the exact attending interests that motivated Najib's decisions.

The lawyer contended that in the present case where Najib's three official positions - prime minister, finance minister and chairman of 1MDB advisory board - were accused of being abused simultaneously for multiple offences, the issue became more complicated. Muhammad Shafee further submitted that given the lack of details, the four predicate charges on power abuse were defective, improper, ambiguous and misleading.

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