This was disclosed today by lawyer Nizam Bashir, who appeared for Americk Sidhu, the counsel for former law minister Zaid Ibrahim who filed the suit.

Americk is overseas.

Nizam, however, said he was unsure when Najib filed the application.

Today, a case management was held before High Court senior assistant registrar Engku Nurul Ain Engku Muda who highlighted some minor errors in Najib’s application.

Nizam said Engku Nurul fixed Jan 4 for Najib’s lawyers, from the legal firm Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak, to update her on the application.

“Zaid has been given until Jan 16 to decide on whether he wants to reply to Najib’s application,” he said.

In his suit, Zaid also wanted Ambank Islamic Bhd to reveal the sources of incoming funds and the recipients of payments made from the time the accounts were opened until they were closed on Sept 30 this year.

The former Umno leader, who filed the action last month on behalf of Malaysian citizens and taxpayers, said he also wanted the bank to provide copies of bank statements of the accounts from the date they were opened and closed.

Zaid said he needed the information in support of his suit in another case against Najib, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the Malaysian government and Najib’s stepson Riza Aziz.

Zaid filed the action, in August, to recover US$731 million and RM42 million banked into the prime minister’s accounts.