Security personnel interrupted the proceedings, telling the public, lawyers and court staff to evacuate and gather outside the building.

The incident happened at about 12.30pm, when High Court deputy registrar Mahyuddin Mohmad Som informed that he had instructions for everyone to leave the building due to a bomb scare.

Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali then suspended proceedings indefinitely.

Najib was escorted out of the court complex.

It is learnt that the Taman Tun Dr Ismail police station received an anonymous phone call claiming there was a bomb in the court building.

A police bomb disposal squad with several tracker dogs later arrived to scour the premises.

Najib is facing six charges of money laundering and criminal breach of trust in the transfer of RM42 million to his account from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.

He is also accused of abusing his power as prime minister and finance minister by giving government guarantees on SRC International’s RM4 billion loan from Retirement Fund Inc.