Najib’s 1MDB trial: Let former CEO have his say, urges prosecution — Transcript

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1. 0:00the prosecution in the one malaysia
2. 0:02development berhad or one mdb
3. 0:04trial one's former ceo muhammad hasim
4. 0:07abdulrahman to be given the chance to
5. 0:09read his witness statement
6. 0:10which has been disputed by the defense
7. 0:12as mere hearsay
8. 0:14hazim who was the ceo between 2013 and
9. 0:172015
10. 0:18is the tenth prosecution witness in the
11. 0:20trial involving former prime minister
12. 0:22nato sri najib raza who is accused of
13. 0:25misappropriating 2.28 billion ringgit
14. 0:28from 1mdb's funds hazem was supposed to
15. 0:31take the stand at the high court in
16. 0:32kuala lumpur on monday
17. 0:34but najib's defense team objected to his
18. 0:36witness statement as hearsay
19. 0:38saying it should be made inadmissible in
20. 0:40court
21. 0:41lead prosecutor dato sriram on tuesday
22. 0:44told the court that the witness should
23. 0:46be given a chance to read his witness
24. 0:48statement
25. 0:48to satisfy the requirement of section 32
26. 0:51of the evidence act 1950.
27. 0:53sriram submitted that whether the
28. 0:55evidence was hearsay or otherwise should
29. 0:57only be decided by the judge
30. 0:59at the end of the prosecution's case on
31. 1:02the defense's application to remove
32. 1:04certain paragraphs from the disputed
33. 1:05witness statement
34. 1:07sriram said witness's story would not
35. 1:09make sense if bits and pieces were taken
36. 1:11out
37. 1:12in his reply najib's lead counsel tansri
38. 1:15muhammad shafi abdullah
39. 1:16urged the court to decide on the issue
40. 1:18as and when the matter arises
41. 1:20he contended that one could not admit
42. 1:22hearsay evidence in court
43. 1:24whether in examination in chief or at
44. 1:26any given time
45. 1:27shafi then told the court that he needed
46. 1:29more time to reply to the prosecution's
47. 1:31submission on the issue
48. 1:33which was allowed by the court the
49. 1:35defense is expected to do a further
50. 1:37submission on the matter this thursday
51. 1:39before justice calling lawrence aquara
52. 1:42najib is facing four charges of abusing
53. 1:44his position to obtain gratification
54. 1:46totaling 2.28 billion ringgit in 1mdb
55. 1:49funds
56. 1:50and 21 counts of money laundering
57. 1:52involving the same money