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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has acquitted and discharged both former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) ...

Najib, 70, is accused of abusing his position to order amendments to the 1MDB final audit report to avoid any action being taken against him while Arul Kanda, 46, is accused of abetting him in making the amendments to the report. "There was no evidence in this trial to suggest that he was complicit or responsible for the problems afflicting 1MDB nor were there any suggestions made by the prosecution," Justice Mohamed Zaini said. In addressing Arul Kanda's case earlier, the court found Arul, who is accused of abetting Najib in the offence, have made a "true and full discovery" in his testimony as a witness. The court also observed that the items amended or taken out from the audit report were "known to and openly discussed" by the Public Accounts Committee. "There is no evidence to suggest or prove that the second accused (Najib) had explicitly directed the amendments made to exonerate him from any civil or criminal liability. Najib is accused of abusing his position to order amendments to the 1MDB final audit report to avoid any action being taken against him.

The High Court on Friday (March 3) acquitted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) president and chief ...

Questions were posed to him during examination-in-chief by the late Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, who was acting as a senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP). The AG also agreed to this fact,” said Zaini. He was granted a certificate of indemnity under Section 63 (3) of the MACC Act. “I also observed that the items amended or taken out were known to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and openly discussed. “They were done based on further information and documents from the first accused. He would answer any questions posed to him to the point, and would not mince his words where required. And I did all the amendments with due consideration to the justification and each and every specific proposal to amend certain parts of the report,” Ambrin had testified. In my opinion, the items taken out or amended from the earlier audit report would not give rise to criminal or civil liability to the accused. “The prosecution has failed to prove how the items removed or amended could give to civil or criminal liability to Najib. He strikes me as determined to carry out his duties diligently, and does not suffer fools gladly. He was merely concerned that the report would be spun politically. “So, there is no unauthorised [amendment], you know.

Former leader will remain in prison where he is serving a 12-year sentence on other charges related to the 1MDB scandal.

“The first accused [Arul Kanda] is discharged and acquitted from the charge. Najib, who became the first former leader in Malaysia’s history to go to prison, still faces multiple charges related to the scandal, which has also sparked investigations in the US, Switzerland and Singapore. Former leader will remain in prison where he is serving a 12-year sentence on other charges related to the 1MDB scandal.

Justice Zaini Mazlan says the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case of abuse of power against Najib Razak.

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Almost three years since his trial began, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will know today if he must enter his defence ...

[testified](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/28/ambrin-govt-was-worried-1mdb-audit-report-would-tarnish-pm-malaysias-image/1814220%C2%A0) that the Najib administration in 2016 was deeply concerned that the NAD’s findings on the financial state of affairs of 1MDB would harm the then prime minister’s reputation. [testified ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/01/16/najib-arul-kanda-trial-1mdb-auditor-insists-was-pressured-forced-to-remove/1828714%C2%A0)in court that the auditor-general and his team came under pressure during a February 2016 high-level meeting to remove information from the final audit report on 1MDB. [admitting ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/08/26/arul-kanda-1mdb-officers-were-actively-suppressing-info-to-a-g-i-found-out-and-gave-documents-i-had/24894%C2%A0)that the 1MDB management had actively suppressed information from the NAD during an audit on the Finance Ministry-owned company in 2015. [survive](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/21/despite-orders-to-destroy-all-1mdb-audit-report-government-auditor-saved-on/1812181%C2%A0) [d.](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/21/despite-orders-to-destroy-all-1mdb-audit-report-government-auditor-saved-on/1812181) He is still trying to challenge his conviction and sentence. [told ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/27/ambrin-i-ordered-auditor-nor-salwani-to-save-sole-1mdb-audit-report-destroy/1813800%C2%A0)the court it was he who gave the order for Nor Salwani to save the only surviving copy of the final audit report on 1MDB after they were forced to make changes. [told ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/21/former-a-g-1mdb-failed-to-give-documents-delayed-audit-from-five-months-to/1812003%C2%A0)the court of 1MDB’s failure to provide documents to the NAD which caused the audit to last almost a year instead of the estimated five months. [said ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/20/najib-arul-kanda-trial-audio-clip-reveals-ali-hamsa-saying-1mdb-audit-repor/1811685%C2%A0)a voice recording — lasting around two hours and 40 minutes — of a February 2016 meeting to discuss changes to the audit report revealed how “national interest” and the protection of the then prime minister’s reputation were used to justify such changes. [made ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/20/1mdb-audit-tampering-trial-najib-and-seven-others-received-draft-of-final-a/1811687%C2%A0)to destroy all of the copies. [related ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/19/upset-najib-ordered-1mdb-audit-report-changes-to-hide-two-different-financi/1811248%C2%A0)that he was called by an “upset” Najib to the Prime Minister’s Office for a meeting ― the first of a series of other meetings that resulted in changes to the A-G’s 1MDB report that was later presented to the PAC. [revealed ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/21/how-the-meeting-to-alter-1mdb-audit-report-was-recorded-without-anyone-know/1812075%C2%A0)during the trial that she had placed the recorder in her colleague’s pencil case. [described ](https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/19/ali-hamsa-najibs-aide-wanted-jho-lows-name-removed-from-1mdb-audit-report-t/1811310%C2%A0)the 2016 report as a “crisis” and wanted mention of Jho Low omitted to prevent it from becoming political ammunition.