Malaysia – Former PM Najib Razak will not testify in his wife Rosmah Mansor’s bribery and corruption trial at the High Court. As for Najib’s statement, Rosmah’s lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh said it corroborated what had been proved in court before. This morning, Jagjit informed the court that the defense would not summon Datuk Seri Najib as a third witness. …

On Monday, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s plea to suspend her continuing corruption trial awaiting the outcome of her appeal against the High Court’s rejection of her request to vacate the trial proceedings will be heard. Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader, the lawyer for Rosmah, and Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib confirmed that the Court of Appeal would hear the stay …

KUALA LUMPUR – The RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd had been set without consulting the Government Procurement Division, says Treasury deputy secretary-general Datuk Othman Semail. Othman said that this is the first project that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had personally ordered a letter of award (LOA) without the proper procedure being followed. …