Published on: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: Najib and former 1MDB chief executive officer, Arul Kanda Kandasamy are on trial over 1MDB audit tampering charges. (Bernamapic) Kuala Lumpur: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has failed in his attempt to remove former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in his on-going trial for alleged tampering of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) audit report. This was the third attempt by Najib to recuse Sri Ram from prosecuting in the 1MDB-linked criminal case. The first was filed in another 1MDB case before a different judge and the second was through a civil proceeding.