KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s review application to reverse his conviction and sentence for the misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd (SRC) funds has been fixed for case management at the Federal Court on October 21.
The former prime minister’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said this during case management for one of Najib’s other SRC-related trials relating to three money-laundering charges involving RM27 million of SRC funds before high court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan today.
At the outset, the judge asked Shafee whether he would be conducting Najib’s review application since the former’s law firm, Messrs Shafee & Co, had previously been discharged from representing the former prime minister in his final appeal in the RM42 million SRC case, and the lawyer replied in the affirmative.
“I am. I’m back on board after some hassle, but I’m back,” he said.
“You should have never left,” Zaini responded to the laughter of the courtroom.
On July 26, Najib discharged with immediate effect Messrs Shafee & Co from representing him in his final appeal against his conviction and sentence for the RM42 million SRC case and appointed Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew & Partners as his new legal team.
On August 23, the Federal Court upheld the high court’s decision to convict Najib to 12 years’ jail and fine of RM210 million in the RM42 million SRC case.
Najib through Messrs Shafee & Co had on September 6, filed an application for a review against the Federal Court’s ruling.
Najib, 69, is currently serving his sentence at Kajang Prison. – Bernama, September 28, 2022
