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Thursday, January 05, 2023

Najib's lawyers file petition with UN for his release or retrial


theVibes.com:

Najib's lawyers file petition with UN for his release or retrial



Malaysian justice system did not give former Pekan MP a fair shake, says Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah



Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah says the Malaysian justice system has failed to accord the former Pekan MP a fair trial following the conclusion of the trial at the Federal Court last year. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes file pic, January 5, 2023


KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyers have filed a petition with the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to request for his release or a retrial of his SRC International corruption case.


Najib’s lead lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah said they had filed the petition as they claim that the Malaysian justice system has failed to accord the former Pekan MP a fair trial following the conclusion of the trial at the Federal Court last year.

“The Federal Court proceedings failed to accord him a reasonable opportunity to argue his case and denied his lawyers adequate time to prepare it.

“The court did not allow his defence team even to make submissions in the appeal against his sentence of 12 years’ imprisonment.

“In essence, Najib had been sent to jail without the opportunity to defend himself at the Federal Court.”

In a press conference, Shafee added that, “the final few days of the appeal, in August, amounted to a rushed justice when his lawyers were not allowed the time obviously needed to read the tens of thousands of pages of appeal papers, or to come to grips with the 94 grounds of appeal that his previous lawyers had filed”. – January 5, 2023


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2 comments:

  1. How idiotic can this Najib get ?

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  2. How Najib thinks the UN Human Rights Council Working Group will help his cause is beyond me.

    He is better off serving a few years and then to seek the Agong's pardon.

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