Former Bank Negara governor Zeti on two days' MC, unable to testify in Najib's 1MDB trial


KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz is on medical leave (MC) for two days and will not be taking the stand on Thursday (Nov 24) in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) corruption trial.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah that Zeti, a key witness whose name has been mentioned throughout the trial, was suffering from a high fever, vertigo and vomiting.

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