DAY 5 | Najib 'wrongly blamed' over change of lawyer - Shafee

LIVE | The prosecution is expected to resume their rebuttal submissions during today’s fifth day of the apex court hearing of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s review application in his RM42 million SRC International corruption case.

Deputy public prosecutor V Sithambaram will continue where he left off on Wednesday last week, when he contended that Najib’s change of counsel - prior to the Federal Court hearing of his SRC International appeal last year - was a strategic move to try to adjourn that hearing, among other arguments.

In the event that the prosecutor manages to wrap up oral submissions today, Najib’s defence team led by lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is expected to mount a reply against the prosecution’s contentions...