Published on: Friday, April 23, 2021
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Najib is appealing against his conviction and jail sentence for misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International funds. (Bernamapic)
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was not put at a disadvantage in his SRC International Sdn Bhd’s trial when the Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali provided only key points when he ordered the former premier to enter his defence, the Court of Appeal was told.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram explained that under the law, a trial judge was not required to give a reason in his oral ruling when he found the prosecution has established a prima case and then ordered the accused to enter a defence.
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was not put at a disadvantage in his SRC International Sdn Bhd’s trial when the Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali provided only key points when he ordered the former premier to enter his defence, the Court of Appeal was told
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Lead prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram is pictured at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya April 20, 2021. ― Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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PUTRAJAYA, April 22 Datuk Seri Najib Razak was not deprived of an opportunity to put up a proper defence when the trial judge in his SRC International Sdn Bhd corruption trial only provided a summary of key findings in his prima facie ruling, the Court of Appeal heard today.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram said this during the prosecution’s rebuttal in Najib’s appeal hearing against the former prime minister’s conviction and jail sentence for the misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International funds.
PUTRAJAYA: The prosecution in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case has defended the trial judge s grounds of judgment that led to the conviction of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, which it said came “under attack” by the defence.
Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk Seri V. Sithambaram told a three-man panel at the Court of Appeal that the defence, led by counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, had made serious allegations against High Court judge Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
He said the defence had, both inside and outside of court, submitted and commented that the judge was biased, saying that the judge was the second prosecutor in the case and hopelessly incompetent .