Defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today claimed that the 2015 1MDB special task force was set up to charge then-prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and bring a change of government.

However, former Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz denied this that was the intent of the task force she used to be a part of as she contended it was meant to investigate suspicious transactions linked to 1MDB.

The claim and exchange occurred...