High Court dismisses Najib, Irwan Serigar’s application for DNAA over CBT charges


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed an application by former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah who sought for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) from six counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6bil that they are facing since 2018.

Justice Muhammad Jamil Hussin, in his brief ruling, made the dismissal after considering that the prosecution is ready to proceed with the trial.

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