Najib’s lead counsel, Shafee Abdullah, informed Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah after a brief recess that his client was unwell, having suffered from insomnia over the past three to four days.

“My client has not slept for the last three to four days because of what he was expecting this morning,” he said, referring to the Court of Appeal hearing on the purported addendum order allowing him to serve the remainder of his jail term in the SRC International case under house arrest.

“He is not feeling good. Apart from that, lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin is also not feeling well,” Shafee said, and requested for the trial to be postponed to tomorrow morning.

Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib did not object to the request.

Sequerah agreed to adjourn the trial to 9.30am tomorrow.

Earlier, during the proceedings, Najib testified that he had never hired or fired anyone at 1MDB, explaining that all appointments were proposed by the board, and he would formalise their decisions in writing when necessary.

“The narrative that I wielded absolute control over 1MDB is inconsistent with the facts and the actual operational autonomy exercised by its management,” he said during questioning by Farhan.

Najib faces 25 charges, comprising four counts of using his position to secure RM2.28 billion of 1MDB funds in bribes, and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount.

On Oct 30, Sequerah ruled that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against Najib, and ordered him to enter his defence.