“The spread of the virus is faster than the speed of this trial.”
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak reacts during an interview with Reuters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Najib and his cronies are accused of looting billions of dollars from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB and using it to finance a global spending spree. The legal process has moved slowly, however — and Najib’s main trial was hit by yet another delay Thursday when his defence lawyers failed to turn up in court.
This was because the lead lawyer had recently come into contact with his sister-in-law, and one of her colleagues was then diagnosed with the virus, the New Straits Times newspaper reported.
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