KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Seri Najib Razak has filed an appeal to the Federal Court after the Court of Appeal upheld his graft conviction and sentencing in the SRC International affair.
Farhan Read, one of the lawyers representing Najib, had confirmed to The Vibes that the filing was made yesterday afternoon itself.
Yesterday morning, the Court of Appeal found that the high court was correct to find Najib guilty for all charges involving corruption over SRC funds.
Delivering a unanimous judgment, Court of Appeal judge Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil said there were no errors in findings by high court judge Nazlan Ghazali, given that the prosecution has proven elements of the offences beyond a reasonable doubt.
Among the significant rulings made by the Court of Appeal include that the trial judge had correctly found that Najib had been the shadow director of SRC International.
They also labelled his actions as a “national embarrassment”.
Thus, the appellate court maintained the 12-year imprisonment and RM210 million fine imposed against Najib.
However, the defence successfully obtained a stay of execution pending an appeal to the Federal Court. – The Vibes, December 9, 2021
