1MDB TRIAL | Najib Abdul Razak has been warded at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) due to pain in his right knee, leading to the vacating of the ex-premier’s RM2.27 billion power abuse and money laundering trial.

The government hospital’s senior orthopaedic consultant Dr Siti Hawa Tahir told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that the 71-year-old accused is on medical leave from today to tomorrow.

Siti Hawa told trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah that the ex-finance minister is on opioids, which makes him...