Justice K Muniandy set the dates after deputy public prosecutor Ashrof Adrin Kamarul told the court that the prosecution had yet to make a decision on representations filed on Najib’s behalf for the money laundering charges to be dropped.

The trial is set to run from Sept 17 to 19 and Sept 23 to 24.

“If the prosecution is not ready to proceed on those days, the defence can ask for an order of discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) or (full) acquittal,” Muniandy added.

The court also fixed March 12 for another case management.

Lawyer Shafee Abdullah appeared for Najib.

The three money laundering charges on the RM27 million were the first to be framed, in February 2019.

It was shortly before Najib’s abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust (CBT) case over SRC funds amounting to RM42 million began on April 3, 2019.

However, those three money laundering charges were not pursued jointly with the second case.

On July 28, 2020, Najib was convicted for the case involving SRC funds amounting to RM42 million. His appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed on Dec 8, 2021.

Najib began his 12-year prison term on Aug 23, 2022 immediately following the Federal Court’s dismissal of his final appeal.