Najib Abdul Razak’s lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday (May 31).<br /><br />As such, the former prime minister’s 1MDB audit report trial before the Kuala Lumpur High Court was vacated this morning.<br /><br />Today’s initially scheduled hearing of the prosecution’s bid - to call co-accused and former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy as a star witness against Najib - has been converted to case management instead.
