1MDB TRIAL | The chief of the witness protection programme is seeking to quash Najib Abdul Razak's subpoena for the former to testify in the ex-prime minister's RM2.27 billion 1MDB abuse of power and money laundering trial.

Senior federal counsel Nur Hidayah Raihan Md Nasir notified this to the High Court in Putrajaya today over the accused's bid to find out more about former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng.

Previously, Ng, a Malaysian, was convicted and...