Despite being sentenced last month to a 12-year prison term for corruption, the 69-year-old hopes a royal pardon will allow him to continue his political career and escape incarceration.
abc.net.au/news/najib-razak-malaysia-prime-minister-petitions-king-malaysia/101408050Disgraced former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has sought a pardon from the nation's king and will remain a member of parliament pending his petition, according to a government official.Najib Razak was sentenced to 12 years in prison for looting the 1MDB state fund, losing his final appeal last month
Parliament speaker Azhar Azizan Harun said on Monday the pardon request was submitted on September 2, less than two weeks after Najib began a 12-year prison term.on August 23 in a corruption case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund. Najib will face four other criminal trials over the 1MDB scandal, regardless of the outcome of his pardon appeal.
Najib and Rosmah have been hit with multiple graft charges after the shocking loss of his United Malays National Organisation in the 2018 elections, fuelled by public anger over the 1MDB scandal.
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