Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has accused key prosecution witnesses in his RM2.3 billion 1MDB trial of being the actual perpetrators of financial misconduct who have not been brought to justice.

In his foreword to the defence’s written submissions, Najib today alleged that several former 1MDB officials - including ex-chief executives Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and Hazem Abdul Rahman, lawyer Jasmine Loo, chief financial officer Azmi Tahir, and his former special officer Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin - were directly involved in transferring and concealing billions of ringgit from the company.