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Former premier Najib Abdul Razak is “shocked and bitterly disappointed” with the Federal Court's decision not to allow his application to adduce additional ...

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his lawyers were left shocked and bitterly disappointed after the Federal Court rejected their bid to adduce new ...

I have never, in my years as a lawyer, seen a defence counsel so passionate, so forceful, so believing in the cause. “I am very happy and very proud of Hisyam. “You can be so cavalier, but I stand with you today, Datuk Seri (Najib). We will do what we can,” he said. “I believe the investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission will bare this fact. Unfortunately, we have not been able to do so (adduce additional evidence), but I hope in a final appeal we will be able to show the truth of the matter,” he told a press conference after court proceedings yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: An Umno leader has questioned the silence of party leaders as its former president and former prime minister Najib Razak faces an uphill ...

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Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak expressed his disappointment with the Federal Court's decision to reject his bid to adduce fresh evidence ...

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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak on Tuesday (Aug 16) failed in his bid to nullify the 1Malaysia Development Berhad-linked graft ...

In July, Najib hired new lawyers to replace his long-time counsel Shafee Abdullah, who had represented him at both the High Court and Court of Appeal. All the trials revolve around 1MDB, a state fund that Najib co-founded in 2009. Despite holding no top party or government posts since 2018, Najib remains a popular and influential politician, attracting large crowds during election rallies. Maybank had also given a loan to a state-owned development fund, from which money was eventually directed to SRC and Najib’s personal bank accounts. Najib had sought a retrial by introducing new evidence regarding an alleged conflict of interest involving High Court judge Nazlan Ghazali. Justice Tengku Maimun, in rejecting the adjournment request, said that while Najib had the right to change counsel, he was “not entitled” to make that choice at the expense of the “court, prosecution or the entire justice system”.

The Federal Court yesterday dealt a double blow to Najib Abdul Razak after it rejected two of the former prime minister's applications in his final appeal ...

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (third from left) walks out of a federal courtroom after judges rejected his request for a retrial in Putrajaya, ...

I thought the court would be sympathetic and exercise its discretion, and we feel there is a basis for them to exercise their discretion in our favor. After a two-year trial, he was convicted of seven charges, including abuse of power, criminal breach of trust, and money laundering, concerning 42 million ringgit (U.S. $9.4 million) of SRC International money found in his bank accounts. In addition to being sentenced to a dozen years in prison, he was fined 210 million ringgit (U.S. $47 million). On Tuesday, the Federal Court panel also flatly refused the defense’s request for a delay to the appeal phase. A five-judge panel unanimously turned down his legal team’s request to retry his conviction by a lower court and postpone the long-awaited hearings in his final appeal by several months. The judge, they said, was tainted because he had been associated with a bank that did business with 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), according to information that came out after Nazlan handed down the ruling against Najib in July 2020. This is no ordinary case … and there are strong points of law. “There are 179 bundles of documents. “We put up strong grounds. However, Chief Justice Tengku Maimun said the court found that the request and reasons for the delay were “neither cogent nor reasonable” because Najib was aware of the hearing date well in advance. In Tuesday’s ruling, the panel headed by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said the court could not find any link that could lead to “a real danger of bias” and there was “no miscarriage of justice.” Malaysia’s Federal Court on Tuesday rejected former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s petition to present new evidence related to his conviction for corruption, clearing the way for a final hearing on his appeal of a 12-year-sentence in a case linked to the 1MDB financial scandal.

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says Najib Razak's contribution and service to Umno, BN and the BN government will never be erased.

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