KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial has been adjourned after the High Court was informed that the 10th prosecution witness had come into close contact with a friend who has been tested positive for Covid-19. Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah adjourned the hearing to May 3 after deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib informed the matter when the trial continued after a short break. “My lord, during the break, Mohd Hazem Abd Rahman, the former 1MDB chief executive officer, received a text message from his friend saying that he (the friend) tested positive for Covid-19. “It is not prudent to take the risk and we don’t know if Mohd Hazem is asymptomatic, ” he added. On Feb 10, the trial was adjourned also due to Mohd Hazem having come down with fever and had to undergo Covid-19 testing.

Source: The Star February 18, 2021 06:22 UTC