Cover image via Free Malaysia Today
The Federal Court today, 31 March, dismissed convicted former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application to review his conviction for stealing SRC International funds, a former subsidiary of 1MDB
A five-member bench led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli ruled that Najib had been given a fair trial and that his application for leave to initiate the review should be rejected.
It was a majority four-against-one verdict, with Abdul Rahman making up the sole dissenting ruling.
The majority ruling was courtesy of the other bench members namely Federal Court judges Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Rhodzariah Bujang, and Nordin Hassan as well as Court of Appeal judge Abu Bakar Jais.
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