ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Malaysia’s Prisons Department has rejected a request by former prime minister Najib Razak’s to attend Parliament sittings, his lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said yesterday. Shafee told reporters that Najib’s request to attend was turned down by the department last week on “security grounds”. “Because we have received the rejection, we have […]
THE STAR – The Malaysian High Court was told yesterday that MYR 60.6 million was credited in two transactions into former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s personal account at AmIslamic Bank in 2011. Ambank (M) Berhad Jalan Raja Chulan branch manager R Uma Devi, 43, said that based on a statement of an account […]
ANN/ THE STRAITS TIMES – After recently being found guilty of corruption, Malaysia’s ex-prime minister Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor is proceeding with the trial to reclaim 2,436 pieces of jewellery and 29 luxury bags at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on September 26 and 27. Lawyer Azamuddin Abdul Aziz, who is representing Rosmah in […]
AFP – Prosecutors yesterday urged Malaysia’s highest court to uphold former prime minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence for corruption as they wrapped up their case. On the second day of hearings at the Federal Court, the prosecutors pressed on with their arguments despite Najib’s claim that he was not being given a fair trial. […]
PUTRAJAYA (AFP) – Malaysia’s top court yesterday began hearing ex-leader Najib Razak’s appeal to overturn his jail sentence for corruption in a high-stakes legal gambit that could see him locked up or potentially launching a political comeback. The Federal Court on Tuesday dismissed the former prime minister’s plea for a retrial, clearing the way for […]