PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak was not a director or shadow director in SRC International Sdn Bhd to be found guilty of misappropriating RM42mil of the company’s funds, the Court of Appeal was told.
28 Apr 2021 / 14:13 H. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal was today told that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was not a director or shadow director in SRC International Sdn Bhd to be found guilty of misappropriating RM42 million of the company’s funds.
The former prime minister’s counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah stressed that trial Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali adopted the civil law and common law concept of shadow director from England to convict the appellant (Najib).
“My Lord, Section 402A of the Penal Code on definition of a director was ‘something similar to the shadow director’ but it was not the same as in England.
Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 04:09 PM MYT
BY KENNETH TEE
Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arriving at the Court of Appeal, Putrajaya on April 28,2021. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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PUTRAJAYA, April 28 The High Court erred in its decision to convict Datuk Seri Najib Razak of criminal breach of trust (CBT) by adopting a definition of “director” that was outside the scope provided in the Penal Code, the Court of Appeal heard today.
Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said this during the closing submission in the hearing of Najib’s appeal against the former prime minister’s conviction and jail sentence for misappropriation of RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.
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PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The charge over abuse of power against Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case was wrong and illegal, the Court of Appeal heard Tuesday (April 27).
Najib’s counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said this was because the former premier had no personal nor pecuniary interest when he chaired Cabinet meetings that discussed government guarantees for SRC to obtain a loan from the Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP). Najib, as the prime minister, was the chairman of the Cabinet, which was the government of the day. The trial Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali was 100% wrong to conclude that he was using his position for any gratification.