The defence team for former premier Najib Abdul Razak believes that it is a good idea to have his trial aired live on television.

Lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said today that everything should be transparent.

"I think it's a good idea, let people know what the trial is about.

"For me, I have no issue (with the trial being aired live on TV).

"I think everything should be transparent. Nothing to hide," he told reporters when met outside the Kuala Lumpur High Court earlier today.

Shafee was answering a question whether Najib's trial should be aired live for the public, since the former prime minister had said previously that the trial would be his platform to clear his name from all the alleged wrongdoings.

Najib is facing a total of 38 criminal charges, including criminal breach of trust and money laundering allegations, relating to 1MDB, SRC International, and 1MDB's settlement with Abu Dhabi wealth fund International Petroleum Investment Corporation (IPIC).

Shafee was at the court today for case management of 32 of the charges relating to 1MDB and SRC International.

Objection to Putrajaya move

Commenting on the case management, Shafee said the defence team had objected to the prosecution's request for the cases to be transferred to Putrajaya High Court.

He said there was no reason for Najib's trials to be conducted in the administrative capital, as the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex was far bigger.

"They (prosecution) wrote a letter requesting for the cases to be transferred to Putrajaya. It is very long, (but) we replied with a longer letter saying that it shouldn't.

"It should be here. This is a bigger court than Putrajaya, you can put three Putrajaya (courts complexes) here.

"Why do you want to transfer to Putrajaya? It only has eight courts while Kuala Lumpur has 38 high courts, 27 sessions courts, 30 magistrate's courts and then 12 other courtrooms that are not used," he said.