Najib secures release with additional RM1mil bail


Released pending appeal: Najib at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex. — ONG SOON HIN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was found guilty of seven charges relating to the misappropriation of RM42mil in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds, has paid the RM1mil in bail.

This is after the High Court ordered for Najib’s existing bail of RM1mil to be increased by another RM1mil as one of the two conditions for him to be released pending an appeal to the Court of Appeal.

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