Najib has to attend Parliament, so January date for his 1MDB-related cases

The trial of the two cases faced by Najib Abdul Razak relating to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund scandal initially scheduled for this week and next week has been postponed to January 2020.

Najib’s lawyer Nur Syahirah Hanapiah told reporters yesterday that she had applied to the court for the trial of the two cases be postponed as her client had to attend the Dewan Rakyat sitting until Dec 17...