KUALA LUMPUR : Senior counsel Shafee Abdullah today objected to substantial portions of Tony Pua’s witness statement in the US$5.64 billion 1MDB civil suit against former prime minister Najib Razak, arguing that they contained opinion and hearsay evidence. However, before he could begin reading his witness statement in the High Court, Shafee objected, arguing that large portions of it were inadmissible. Shafee cited as an example Pua’s assertion that Najib had sabotaged PAC proceedings, describing it as “purely opinion”. Judicial Commissioner Redzuan Idrus allowed an adjournment until tomorrow to allow the plaintiff to file written submissions before deciding on Shafee’s application to expunge portions of Pua’s witness statement. 1MDB and its four subsidiaries – 1MDB Energy Holdings Ltd, 1MDB Energy Ltd, 1MDB Energy (Langat) Ltd and Global Diversified Investment Company Ltd – filed the suit on May 7, 2021.