KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak will read his full 525-page witness statement in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) corruption trial.
Lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, at the outset of the hearing, requested for his client to read the documents before presiding judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah.
Najib, 71, faces four charges of using his position to obtain bribes totalling RM2.3 billion from 1MDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount.