AN Australian handwriting expert appointed by former then prime minister Najib Razak to verify his signatures on several contentious documents tendered as evidence in the SRC International Sdn  Bhd trial is set to examine the documents on the week of February 10.

The date was set after defence counsel Harvinderjit Singh informed Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali that the expert could only travel to Malaysia on that week. 

“The week of February 10 is the only arrangement that could be done. I do not foresee much delay on the trial. The examination will take only two days.

“A report is expected to be ready in a week after the analysis,” said the lawyer.

The documents comprise 11 that were marked as prosecution evidence, and another two marked as defence evidence, which were tendered as evidence during the trial.

Yesterday, Nazlan allowed Najib’s application to call his own expert on grounds that an accused was entitled to procure and lead any relevant evidence of his choice in his defence.

During the trial, Najib had raised questions on the authenticity of his signatures as he claimed that he was never shown the original copies of the disputed documents.

The court had previously set February 3 for the expert to examine the documents. – Bernama, January 23, 2020.