In unanimous decision, court affirms Najib’s conviction, sentence in SRC case
Najib Razak’s jail and fine on seven counts of corruption in relation to RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd have been affirmed by the Court of Appeal. (Bernama pic)
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today affirmed the conviction and sentence imposed by the High Court last year on Najib Razak in relation to RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, dealing a major setback to his efforts to make a comeback to mainstream politics.
In a unanimous decision, a three-member bench chaired by Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil said trial judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali did not misdirect himself for an appellate intervention.
Karim, who sat with Has Zanah Mehat and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, also dismissed the former prime minister’s appeal against his sentence.
Nazlan had sentenced the Pekan MP to 12 years’ jail and fined him RM210 million after finding him guilty on seven counts of corruption in July last year.
Najib, 68, is the first former prime minister in the country to be charged in court and sentenced to jail.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today affirmed the conviction and sentence imposed by the High Court last year on Najib Razak in relation to RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, dealing a major setback to his efforts to make a comeback to mainstream politics.
In a unanimous decision, a three-member bench chaired by Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil said trial judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali did not misdirect himself for an appellate intervention.
Karim, who sat with Has Zanah Mehat and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, also dismissed the former prime minister’s appeal against his sentence.
Nazlan had sentenced the Pekan MP to 12 years’ jail and fined him RM210 million after finding him guilty on seven counts of corruption in July last year.
Najib, 68, is the first former prime minister in the country to be charged in court and sentenced to jail.
All Malaysians who care about rule of law, corruption and abuse of official power should have some satisfaction , though the road ahead is still long and winding.
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Najib , like all other top leaders before him, would have got away scot free if not for his losing power on May 8 , 2018.
Semuanya Fitnah.
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