KUALA LUMPUR: The RM6.6bil criminal breach of trust (CBT) trial involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah has been postponed again to Nov 14.

High Court judge Justice Muhammad Jamil Hussin told parties that they must be prepared as this would be the final postponement and the trial would proceed on the said date.

"No more postponements," he said here on Monday (July 22), which is when the trial was initially fixed to begin. 

At the outset of the proceedings, Najib's lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, who represented Najib and Mohd Irwan's counsel Datuk Seri K Kumaraendran had both made oral applications for their clients.

They had applied for Najib and Mohd Irwan to be granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) on the grounds that the defence had yet to receive complete documents from the prosecution for their defense.

Justice Muhammad Jamil however rejected the DNAA application.

He adjourned the proceedings to November to give time for the prosecution to sort out and declassify documents that would be used for the trial.

On Oct 25, 2018, Najib, 70, and Mohd Irwan Serigar, 66, pleaded not guilty to six charges of CBT amounting to RM6.6bil in government funds involving payments to International Petroleum Investment Company (Ipic).

Najib and Mohd Irwan were jointly accused of committing all the offences at the Finance Ministry Complex, Putrajaya between Dec 21, 2016, and Dec 18, 2017.

They were charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same Code, which provides for a maximum of 20 years’ jail and whipping as well as a fine upon conviction.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/07/22/najib-irwan-serigar039s-rm66bil-cbt-trial-postponed-to-nov-14