Najib’s loss in his final appeal means he will have to begin serving his jail sentence immediately over the scandal of the 1MDB state fund.
of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering for illegally receiving $US9.4 million from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.The 1MDB scandal sparked investigations in the US and several other countries and caused the downfall of Najib’s government in the 2018 elections. Najib faces a total of 42 charges in five separate trials linked to 1MDB, and his wife is also on trial on corruption charges.
In a last-ditch attempt to avoid jail, Najib said in his application that the husband of Chief Justice Maimun Tuan Mat, who was leading the Federal Court bench, had been critical about his leadership over the 1MDB scandal.As such, the court’s findings may be seen as “tainted with bias, and the public perception of the independence of the judiciary will be in doubt”, Najib said in his application.
The court also refused to postpone the hearing for Najib’s newly appointed lawyers to prepare for the case. Najib’s new lead counsel, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, then asked to withdraw himself as he was not given time to prepare, but the court denied his request. Mr Hisyam then said he would not make any new submissions in the appeal.
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