Prosecution warns Najib’s lawyer Shafee over trial by media

1MDB TRIAL | Lead deputy public prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram has warned Najib Abdul Razak’s lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from conducting a trial in the media over the former premier’s RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption case.

Sri Ram (above, left) said a media statement by Shafee yesterday amounted to an attack on the prosecution over claims that prosecutors suppressed evidence in the case.

“With all due respect, the accused...