2021 is truly a momentous year for the Malaysian judiciary, with the legal fraternity, locally and abroad, focused on the courts when several decisions, deemed as shocking, were made in historic and high-profile cases involving national leaders, including former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s defence that the RM42 million in his personal accounts were part of Arab donation monies was described as a tale that surpassed those from the 1001 Arabian Nights
The Court of Appeal will deliver its decision on Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s appeal over his 12 years’ jail sentence and a fine of RM210 million for misappropriating RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds, today (Wednesday) as scheduled.
This follows a decision by a three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil in dismissing the former premier’s application to allow new evidence to be adduced in his appeal.
In a unanimous decision, Justice Abdul Karim who presided over the hearing with Justices Datuk Has Zanah Mehat and Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, said the court was of the view that Najib had failed to cumulatively satisfy Section 61 of the Courts of Judicature Act that fresh evidence was required for justice in the case
PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Four elected representatives will know on Sept 30 whether they can proceed to commence a judicial review to challenge Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's move to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Parliament and state assembly sitting suspension during the Emergency.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) had made proper efforts to investigate and retrieve some RM3.6 billion worth of SRC International Sdn Bhd’s funds that are frozen in Switzerland, according to the defence.