PUTRAJAYA, May 6 -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is no longer calling Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain to be his defence witness in his 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial,

Previously, Najib obtained a court order to compel the top police officer to come to court to testify in the 1MDB trial.

But Najib's lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today confirmed the change of plans to no longer call the IGP.

Shafee said he had interviewed an unnamed police officer - whom Najib wanted to call instead of the IGP - but was not satisfied that this police officer would be able to give the kind of court testimony required.

"Because I discover it was a learned knowledge that was reposed to ...