PUTRAJAYA, Aug 15 Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bid to present additional evidence in his final SRC International Sdn Bhd appeal in an attempt to void the trial that saw him.
PUTRAJAYA: The charges against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the SRC International Sdn Bhd were not politically motivated, says Datuk V. Sithambaram.
Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 03:43 PM MYT
BY KENNETH TEE
Lead prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram is pictured at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya April 20, 2021. ― Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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PUTRAJAYA, April 22 Datuk Seri Najib Razak was not deprived of an opportunity to put up a proper defence when the trial judge in his SRC International Sdn Bhd corruption trial only provided a summary of key findings in his prima facie ruling, the Court of Appeal heard today.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said this during the prosecution’s rebuttal in Najib’s appeal hearing against the former prime minister’s conviction and jail sentence for the misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International funds.
PUTRAJAYA: The prosecution in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case has defended the trial judge s grounds of judgment that led to the conviction of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, which it said came “under attack” by the defence.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk Seri V. Sithambaram told a three-man panel at the Court of Appeal that the defence, led by counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, had made serious allegations against High Court judge Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
He said the defence had, both inside and outside of court, submitted and commented that the judge was biased, saying that the judge was the second prosecutor in the case and hopelessly incompetent .
Wednesday, 21 Apr 2021 12:44 PM MYT
BY KENNETH TEE
Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrives at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya April 20, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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PUTRAJAYA, April 21 Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s purportedly genuine belief that Arab donations were the source of RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd funds credited into his personal accounts was nothing more than a “desperate” defence that was wholly “incredible”, the Court of Appeal heard today.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said this during the prosecution’s rebuttal in Najib’s appeal hearing against the former prime minister’s conviction and jail sentence for the misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.