The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has fixed Nov 25 to hear third-party claims by Najib Abdul Razak and Umno for RM114 million of the total RM680 million in cash and assets targeted in a 1MDB-linked forfeiture suit against Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin set the hearing date today, after allowing an application by the former prime minister and the political party for the court to hear their third-party claims separately from that of Najib’s wife Rosmah Mansor and Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL....