KUALA LUMPUR: Last Dec 3, for the first in the country’s history, a former prime minister took the stand to answer charges against him in a court of law.

Testifying from the witness box as the first defence witness, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, 66 (pix), told his side of the story to rebut the seven charges of misappropriating RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds against him.