Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak on Tuesday asked the chief justice to recuse herself from a panel presiding over his final appeal to set aside a ...
Prosecutors have said some $4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB - co-founded by Najib during his first year as prime minister in 2009. Najib changed his legal team just three weeks before the final appeals process began last week. In the sense that his opinions, his views would affect (the chief justice's) findings in respect of the appeal right now," Najib's lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik told the court. "Because of the spousal relationship... Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com
Federal court upholds conviction and 12-year sentence linked to fraud, saying appeal 'devoid of any merits'
During his appeal, which began last week, Najib alleged that his right to a fair trial had been undermined. Billions of dollars were estimated to have been siphoned from the fund and channelled to overseas private bank accounts. Najib, who has been out on bail pending his appeal, will have to begin serving his sentence immediately.
Najib Razak says he believes there has never been a single occasion in legal history where the counsel in an appeal trial has been prevented from ...
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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will serve his 12-year jail sentence and pay his RM210 million fine from Tuesday (Aug 23).
Following the decision, Tengku Maimun ordered for a warrant of commital to be issued. "In appeals, the appellate court should be slow to interfere in judgements made by the lower court. She added that the findings of the High Court judge are sound, while the Court of Appeal's decision to uphold the lower court's guilty verdict was also correct.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has affirmed the conviction and sentence faced by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the SRC International Sdn Bhd ...
"In concluding that the defence failed to raise a reasonable doubt on the prosecution’s case, we find that the learned High Court judge had undertaken a thorough analysis of the evidence produced by the defence. 2) That the Court of Appeal erred in fact and in law by finding that the High Court judge had correctly appreciated the defence and that it was argued that the defence managed to raise a reasonable doubt on all seven charges. The Federal Court also found that the findings of the High Court on the defence were correct. "There is no legal provision for that. She ordered that he be sent to jail immediately. 1) That the Court of Appeal erred in fact and in law by finding that the High Court judge had correctly found that the prosecution had made out a prima facie case on all seven charges.
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 23 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today insisted that he was unrepresented in his final appeal for the SRC International corruption case, ...
"Over the past week, I have watched from the dock as my chances of success at this appeal slowly erode away. While I note this Honourable Court’s decision on barring the discharge of my lawyers the fact of the matter is I am unrepresented. PUTRAJAYA, Aug 23 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today insisted that he was unrepresented in his final appeal for the SRC International corruption case, which he said has left his chances of success in the case thin.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak will begin a 12-year prison sentence after losing his final appeal against corrupt.
The five-member Federal Court panel said it unanimously found the judgment of the high court judge was right and that Najib's appeal was "devoid of any ...
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PUTRAJAYA, Aug 23 — Disgraced former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has today failed in his final appeal against the High Court's guilty conviction ...