KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1Malaysia Development Berhad chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy's audit tampering trial will resume next month.
Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the High Court also fixed eight additional trial dates next year.
He said the trial will resume on Aug 11 and 12 while for next year, the court has fixed March 7 to 10 and March 28 to 31 before Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan.
On Dec 12, 2019, Arul Kanda, 44, was charged at the Sessions Court with committing the offence between Feb 22 and 26, 2016.
He allegedly abetted Najib, 67, in using the latter's position as then-prime minister to order an amendment to the 1MDB final audit report.
On the same day, Najib was charged with using his position to order amendments to the 1MDB final audit report before it was tabled to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to avoid any action being taken against him.
Najib was charged, in his capacity as a public officer, which was the prime minister, with using the position to obtain gratification for himself to evade disciplinary, civil or criminal action against him.