1MDB audit tampering trial: Pakatan govt ‘decided’ that Najib was guilty even before he was charged, court told


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told that the previous Pakatan Harapan government had decided on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's guilt over allegations of tampering with the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report even before the former prime minister was charged in court.

This was brought up during a cross-examination of former auditor-general Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad conducted by Najib's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah here on Thursday (March 31).

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