KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is trying to compel Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain to come to the High Court to testify as a defence witness in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial, as he wants to ask the top police chief about former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng and ex-1MDB in-house lawyer Jasmine Loo.

But the Home Ministry today said it will apply to set aside the subpoena or court-issued summons, which Najib obtained in order to call the IGP to be a witness in his 1MDB trial.

Senior federal counsel Muhammad Ilmami Ahmad this morning informed the High Court that Najib's lawyers had given the subpoena to the IGP on April 14, and said the Home Ministry currently does...