1MDB trial: Audio recording threatens Najib's right to fair trial, says Shafee


KUALA LUMPUR: The admissibility of an audio recording purportedly of a conversation between former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and an individual called "Your Highness" could jeopardise his rights to a fair trial, the High Court here was told.

Najib's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the recording was also an infringement of his client's right to privacy under Article 5(1) of the Federal Constitution.

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