Shafee tests positive for Covid-19, 1MDB audit trial postponed again


Datuk Seri Najib Razak (left) and his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah has tested positive for Covid-19, causing the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit tampering trial to be postponed to June 14.

Defence lawyer Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed told the media that the High Court has been informed of Muhammad Shafee's situation.

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