Internet outage did not affect recording of proceedings of Najib’s appeal 07 Apr 2021 / 16:29 H. - Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Putrajaya Campus Network (PCN) Internet disruption at the Palace of Justice and several other government agencies here for an hour and a half yesterday did not affect the recording of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s appeal proceedings which was conducted publicly at the Court of Appeal.
Yesterday was the second day of Najib’s appeal hearing against his conviction and jail sentence for misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International funds.
According to a statement from the Chief Registrar’s Office, Federal Court of Malaysia today, the disruption, which lasted from 10.30am until noon, resulted in the live broadcast of the appeal proceedings at the Conference Hall, Palace of Justice for media practitioners not being able to be screened.
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Nation 30 Mar 2021
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal was told that a judge who lacked experience in criminal cases had presided over the “case of the century” involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was convicted of the misappropriation of RM42mil from SRC International Sdn Bhd.
This was submitted by Najib’s lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah before a three-man bench, chaired by Court of Appeal judge Justice Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil.
“At the last minute, they appointed a judge who had no experience in a criminal trial, ” Muhammad Shafee said on the first day of the hearing of the appeal by Najib against his conviction and sentence here yesterday.
(pic) to be more respectful when describing a judge s competency.
The senior lawyer had described High Court judge Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali who convicted his client Datuk Seri Najib Razak as hopelessly incompetent and that the trial judge had poisoned his own grounds of judgment by adding elements that were previously not there in his decision.
Justice Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, who chairs a three-man bench, stopped Muhammad Shafee when he was giving his submission. Find a better adjective to describe him. Give respect to the judge. Use words like grossly erred , he had misdirected himself . not just to say he is hopelessly incompetent , Justice Abdul Karim said here on Tuesday (April 6).
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