1MDB TRIAL | Najib Abdul Razak has not had a wink of sleep in the last three or four days due to the anticipation of today's earlier appeal hearing linked to an alleged royal addendum allowing him to be placed under house arrest, his lawyer told the court.

As a result, the High Court cut short this afternoon’s proceedings on the RM2.27 billion 1MDB abuse of power and money laundering trial against the former prime minister.

The trial before judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah convened around 2.30pm but the proceedings were adjourned before...