1MDB trial: Abu Kassim was replaced to protect Najib from investigation, says witness
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here was told that the then Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed was replaced to protect Datuk Seri Najib Razak from being investigated and charged in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal in 2016.