Najib misled by wording of 7 SRC charges, says defence

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak sought today to strike out the seven charges against him related to SRC International, claiming that a miscarriage of justice had occurred as he was misled by the wording of the charges.

The accused’s counsel Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin argued in court that the details of the relevant offences were insufficiently worded, and had not enabled Najib to prepare his defence adequately...