Kuala Lampur, Dec. 9 -- Former Attorney General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali will be called as a defence witness for Datuk Seri Najib Razak's RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd corruption trial, the High Court was told today.

Najib's lawyer Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed told High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali today that Apandi would be called to take the witness stand to verify and confirm his press release from 2016 which vindicated Najib of any wrongdoings in relation to this case.

"We will be calling the relevant witness to come and verify the statement. Yes, we will call the former Attorney General (Tan Sri) Apandi," he told the court.

This was after Najib when reading his witness statement today as the first defence witness, ...