Anti-graft provision aims to stamp out corruption - Sri Ram

1MDB Trial | A provision in the MACC Act 2009 seeks to counter the problem of proving corruption cases in court, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur heard.

Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Gopal Sri Ram orally submitted that Section 41A of the Act has been passed by the Parliament as proving corruption was not always easy.

The DPP told trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah that the provision facilitates the provenance (origin) of evidence - such as an audio recording allegedly of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and a middle-eastern royalty - which may not be capable of being established per the Evidence Act 1950...