1MDB: 'Dead man tells no tales' - Najib's lawyer tells court

The prosecution has no case against Najib Abdul Razak as they are relying on hearsay evidence of a dead man and a fugitive, the former premier’s lead counsel contended.

Muhammad Shafee Abdullah told the Kuala Lumpur High Court this regarding a key prosecution witness’s testimony about on-the-lam businessperson Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) allegedly acting for Najib.

The lawyer today told judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah that the testimony of Najib’s former special officer...