KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — The trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for the misappropriation of RM2.28 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds will be ending early today to allow the accused to see a doctor.
Lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram told the High Court that the trial would not be able to proceed in the afternoon.
"I have just been informed by Prison Department officers that the accused's medication for blood pressure has been changed and he's having adverse effect on it, and he needs to be sent to the doctor," he said.
Sri Ram said Najib "needs to go to the doctor because his condition is quite bad".
He suggested adjourning the trial at 12.30pm as it would give enough time for Najib to be taken back to prison and for him to see the doctor by 2pm.
High Court judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah allowed the court proceedings for Najib's 1MDB trial to end at about 12.35pm.
AmBank’s Jalan Raja Chulan branch manager R. Uma Devi was testifying today as the 37th prosecution witness in the 1MDB trial.
The 1MDB trial is scheduled to resume tomorrow, with Uma Devi expected to continue testifying.
Najib was dressed in a dark suit with a tie today. His wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and their daughter Nooryana Najwa were sighted inside the courtroom where the trial took place.
Today is the 21st day that Najib has been imprisoned for the misappropriation of RM42 million of funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former 1MDB subsidiary.
He was sent to Kajang Prison on August 23 to serve his 12-year jail sentence after losing his last appeal at the Federal Court.
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