THE SRC International Sdn Bhd trial resumed this year with impeachment proceedings against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for inconsistencies in his witness statements. Eventually, High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali ruled that there were no material contradictions between the statements and, thus, no impeachment proceedings. Trial within a trialHad impeachment proceedings commenced, the judge would have asked Najib to explain the alleged inconsistencies in his statements. Once the impeachment proceedings are over, the case would resume, and the judge would then reserve the decision on impeachment until the very end of the case. When he was reminded that he was contradicting what he had said in the witness statement, the former premier said to use his testimony as per his witness statement.

Source: The Edge Markets January 24, 2020 06:00 UTC