Najib had been due to go on trial Tuesday for the first time over allegations he was involved in the looting of Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB in a fraud that stretched around the world. ADVERTISEMENTBut his lawyers filed an application for the trial to be delayed pending an appeal on a technicality related to the transfer of charges between different courts. “It won’t be delayed too long,” he said, adding he hoped the appeal would only take a week or two. Since losing power, Najib has been arrested repeatedly and hit with a total of 42 charges linked to 1MDB. The trial originally scheduled to begin Tuesday is on seven charges related to allegations Najib pocketed 42 million ringgit ($10.3 million) from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 11, 2019 09:56 UTC