SHAH ALAM: The murder trial of former Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd CEO Nazrin Hassan, set to begin on Tuesday at the Shah Alam High Court, has been postponed to a new, unspecified date.
Deputy public prosecutor Noor Mawarni Halim said the defence had asked the court for a postponement, as they are involved in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial involving former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
"The application for the adjournment of the trial, which was due to start tomorrow, was granted by the Shah Alam High Court, recently.
"The defence team has also asked the court to hear the murder case every Friday, but a new date will be set and announced later," he said when contacted by Bernama here, today.
On April 11, the High Court here set a hearing for the Nazrin murder case from tomorrow until Sept 15, and from Sept 23 to Oct 4.
The defence team involved in Najib’s high-profile murder trial are Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and Hisyam Teh Poh Teik.
Shafee is representing Nazrin's wife, Samirah Muzaffar, 44, while Hisyam Teh is representing two teenagers aged 17 and 14.
On March 12, Samirah, a former senior executive at the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), the teens, and an Indonesian by the name of Eka Wahyu Lestari (who is still at large), were charged with the murder of Nazrin, 47, at a house in Mutiara Homes, near here, at between 11.30pm on June 13, 2018 and 4am on June 14, 2018.
The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same law, provides for the death penalty, upon conviction.
On March 27, both youths were released on RM50,000 bail each by the High Court, subject to eight conditions.
The conditions include that the boys are not allowed to stay with family members who are witnesses; and that they must observe a curfew from 6pm to 6am daily. They were also ordered to surrender their passports for the duration of their trial, and are barred from leaving the state without express permission from the court.
On May 28, the Federal Court allowed Samirah to be released on RM500,000 bail in two sureties, pending trial. - Bernama