Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the case had initially been scheduled to resume yesterday before Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah, but was postponed due to phase one of the MCO under the national recovery plan.

“We received an email from the court yesterday afternoon informing us that the trial of the 1MDB case has been postponed. According to the schedule set earlier, the next trial date will start from July 5 to 8,” he said when contacted via WhatsApp today.

The case was last heard on May 27.

Najib’s lawyer Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed is expected to continue cross-examining the 10th prosecution witness, former 1MDB chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman, 49, when the trial resumes.

Najib, 67, is facing 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.