Najib Abdul Razak’s lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday (May 31).

As such, the former prime minister’s 1MDB audit report trial before the Kuala Lumpur High Court was vacated this morning.

Today’s initially scheduled hearing of the prosecution’s bid - to call co-accused and former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy as a star witness against Najib - has been converted to case management instead.