The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today fixed 12 days in January next year for the trial of Israeli Shalom Avitan who is charged with two counts of trafficking six firearms and possessing 200 rounds of ammunition in a hotel room.

Judge Norina Zainol Abidin set Jan 6 to 9, Jan 13 to 16 and Jan 20 to 23 to hear the case after deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Mustaffa P Kunyalam requested the court to reschedule the trial dates, which was earlier set to begin today.

“The prosecution will call 30 witnesses,” said Mustaffa.

The court also vacated the dates...