KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution team in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering has requested for the trial to be transferred to the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
Lead prosecutor Datuk Sulaiman Abdullah told High Court Judge Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali that the prosecution has written to Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zaharah Ibrahim, requesting for the transfer of venue for various reasons.
Najib's counsel Harvinderjit Singh said they will reply to the prosecution's request.
Speaking to reporters after the case mention, Sulaiman said one of the reasons was due to the influx of documents and witnesses going to Putrajaya.
"It is also for better crowd control and greater access to the public. As it is here (Kuala Lumpur Court Complex), we have to block off lifts and all that. It is inconvenient to the public and other lawyers.
" (Tan Sri Dr Muhammad) Shafee (Najib's lead counsel) practically lives in Putrajaya anyway, so it's not that we are trying to make it inconvenient for him.
"And most lawyers will tell you it's much easier to travel to Putrajaya than coming here," he said.
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