Rosmah's lawyers elect not to call Najib as defence witness

Najib Abdul Razak will not be taking the stand as a defence witness in his wife Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial linked to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid energy project.

Her defence counsel Jagjit Singh informed the Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning that they decided yesterday as the former prime minister’s testimony would merely be “corroborative” in nature.

It was previously reported that Rosmah’s lawyers initially...