We had 'no other choice', AGC says over Najib's DNAA
The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) said it "did not have any other choice" but to await the conclusion of Najib Abdul Razak's 1MDB and the first SRC International trials, before it could use the overlapping documents required for the second SRC International case.
The agency emphasised the necessity of securing the required documents as evidence, explaining that...
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