KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah's criminal breach of trust trial involving RM6.6 billion of government funds will commence in June next year.
The dates are June 4 to June 6; June 10 to June 13; June 19 to June 20; June 24 to June 27; July 2 to July 4; July 9 to July 11; July 15 to July 18; July 22 to July 25, and July 29 to July 31.
Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin fixed the dates during the mention of the case today.
Both of them were charged in Oct 2018, and had pleaded not guilty to six charges of CBT involving government funds used as payments to the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).
They allegedly committed the offences at the Finance Ministry complex in Putrajaya between Dec 21, 2016, and Dec 18, 2017.
The charges, under Section 409 of the Penal Code for CBT by a public servant or agent, carries a maximum 20 years' imprisonment, whipping and a fine upon conviction.
Najib is represented by Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah while counsel Datuk K. Kumaraendran appeared for Irwan.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi prosecuted the case.