KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday applied to the Court of Appeal to vacate the December 8 decision date on his appeal against the conviction and sentence for misappropriating RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.
According to a document from Messrs Shafee & Co, which is representing Najib, that was sent to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal, it stated that the application was due to the fact that Najib would be in Singapore until December 5.
“The applicant (Najib) humbly wishes to apply for the date to be vacated and the date for the decision fixed the following week, namely from December 13 to December 17, or any other dates the court thinks suitable,” it said.
According to the document, upon his return from Singapore on December 5, Najib would be required to undergo self-quarantine for seven days until December 12 and could only attend court or public gatherings from December 13.
The document also stated that the prosecution team had been informed of the matter and it had not raised any objections for the rescheduling.
The document stated that the trial for the money-laundering case involving Najib’s lawyer, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, at the high court was also set to resume on December 8, and Najib also has the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fund trial at the high court.
According to the document, the murder trial involving Samirah Muzzaffar, who is represented by Shafee, will resume at the Shah Alam High Court from December 20 until December 23.
The Federal Court Chief Registrar Office had, in a statement yesterday, said the decision on Najib’s appeal against his conviction and sentence for the misappropriation of SRC International funds had been set for Dec 8.
Najib, 68, filed an appeal against the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision on July 28, last year, in sentencing him to 12 years of jail and a fine of RM210 million after finding him guilty of seven charges involving criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of position, involving SRC International funds totalling RM42 billion. – Bernama, November 24, 2021
