Najib's daughter wants live broadcast of judicial review in spirit of 'openness'


Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s daughter has urged for the new government to permit a live broadcast for her father’s upcoming judicial review hearing.

Nooryana Najwa said to do this would be in the spirit of “openness” and “transparency”, adding that her imprisoned father had always wished for his court hearings to be broadcast live.

“From the beginning, my father requested that his trial be broadcast live so that the rakyat understands what is actually taking place in court.

“Considering that the judicial review of his SRC case that will begin on Jan 19, 2023, is very important to my father and he may be released (from prison) if successful, I am of the opinion that (Prime Minister) Anwar Ibrahim’s government should be open and transparent by allowing for the hearing to be broadcast live via online streaming,” she said on Facebook.

On Aug 23, the Federal Court dismissed his appeal to overturn the guilty verdict as well as his jail sentence and fine over one charge of abuse of power, three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT), and three counts of money laundering involving RM42 million of funds from SRC International.

Najib has since been incarcerated at Kajang Prison where he is serving a 12-year jail sentence.

Ex-PM Najib Abdul Razak


On Sept 6 he filed an application against the court’s previous decision to uphold the guilty verdict as well as the custodial sentence and RM210 million fine in lieu of an additional five years in jail.


Interlocutory application reviews

The former Pekan MP is also seeking a review against the apex court’s decision to dismiss his three interlocutory applications.

One is Najib’s application to recuse trial judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali from the SRC International case and nullify the whole trial.

Second is his bid to adjourn the apex court hearing of his appeal to allow his legal team to prepare for the case, and third is his application to recuse Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Man from the appeal.

Besides an acquittal, Najib may also get a rehearing of his SRC appeal before a different apex panel if his review is allowed.

The apex court fixed Jan 19, 20, and 26 for the hearing of the review.

At the same time, he also filed a separate bid before the Pardons Board for a royal pardon in the graft case.

The BN advisory chairperson still has four other pending criminal court cases, namely the RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption case, the RM6.6 billion International Petroleum Investment Company criminal breach of trust case, the 1MDB audit amendment case, and a money laundering case involving RM27 million from SRC.