KUALA LUMPUR – High court judge K. Muniandy will preside over former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s second SRC International Sdn Bhd (SRC) case involving RM27 million following justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan’s recent elevation to the Court of Appeal.
During today’s case mention, the court has set May 29 for case management.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul told the court that the prosecution and defence applied for the trial to be postponed.
This is due to Najib’s ongoing review application on the Federal Court’s August 23 decision to uphold his conviction and 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine after he was found guilty of misappropriating SRC International’s RM42 million.
“The date of the review decision has not yet been decided, and it (the date) will be notified by the registrar of the Federal Court in the near future. The prosecution and the defence request that the date for this case management be fixed in May,” said Ashrof Adrin as quoted by Bernama.
Najib’s lawyer Alaistair Brandah Norman also agreed for the case management to be set in May.
Previously, the trial had been postponed pending the disposal of the RM42 million SRC appeal.
On February 3, 2019, Najib pleaded not guilty to the three charges of money laundering whereby he is alleged to have received money totalling RM27 million, allegedly proceeds from unlawful activities, in three AmPrivate Banking accounts belonging to him.
Najib is alleged to have committed the offences at AmIslamic Bank Bhd, Bangunan AmBank Group, No. 55, Jalan Raja Chulan, on July 8, 2014.
He was charged under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, which provides for a maximum fine of RM5 million or jail not exceeding five years or both, if convicted. – The Vibes, March 3, 2023
