Concerns over method used by MACC

Lead defence counsel: Muhammad Shafee arriving at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: The admission of an audio recording of an alleged conversation between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and a leader from the Middle East could violate the former premier’s fundamental rights to a fair trial, the High Court heard yesterday.

Najib’s lead defence counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, submitted that should the audio recording be admitted as evidence in the former’s trial involving the alleged misappropriation of RM2.3bil from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund, it would indirectly violate Najib’s rights to privacy as enshrined in Article 5(1) of the Federal Constitution (FC).