NAJIB TRIAL | The defence team today cranked up the heat on a former aide of Najib Abdul Razak, accusing him of "playing ball" with the MACC against the former prime minister to escape criminal charges himself.

Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (photo), during cross-examination, grilled Najib's former special officer Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin's collection about a briefing for Najib, which included documents provided by fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho...