PUTRAJAYA: The prosecution in the appeal filed by Datuk Seri Najib Razak has slammed his defence that a RM4bil loan was approved to SRC International Sdn Bhd in the name of national interest.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said it had been the mantra of the defence that the appellant, Najib, had supported the RM4bil loan and the government guarantee (GG) was for “national interest”.
He was submitting the prosecution’s rebuttal at the hearing of the appeal filed by Najib against his conviction and sentence before a three-man panel of the appellate court here yesterday.
Sithambaram said Najib’s fingerprints could be seen from SRC’s formation, its loan application to the Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP), his intervention in the loan application, and his influence in the approval of the GG for a successful loan application up to the rushed disbursement of the monies but after the funds were received by SRC, it appeared that the Pekan MP was no longer interested in what happened to the funds.