1MDB TRIAL | The criminal court has put its foot down over the latest attempt by Najib Abdul Razak’s legal team to reserve the cross-examination of prosecution witnesses in the former prime minister’s RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial.

Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah this morning issued an advance warning that the prosecution would be allowed to proceed with a re-examination of witnesses and call new witnesses, in the event that none of the accused’s legal team was prepared to mount cross-examination.

The trial judge said this after being informed by Najib’s co-counsel Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed that the defence seek to...