SRC case: Attempts to adjourn was wrong strategy - DPP

The prosecution has contended that Najib Abdul Razak’s counsel was complacent in the Federal Court appeal of his RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd corruption case.

In an affidavit filed on Tuesday (Oct 11) in response to Najib’s motion for review of the apex court decision, deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Mohamad Ashrof Adrin Kamarul claimed Najib’s lawyers expected they would be entitled to an adjournment.

This was despite Najib’s counsel, Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew (Zist) and Hisyam Teh Poh Teik (above, left), being informed on several occasions about...