NGO lodges MACC report against SRC International trial judge who convicted Najib

PUTRAJAYA: An NGO has lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) report against the judge in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International.

Persatuan Ulul Amri Malaysia leader Syed Muhammad Imran Syed Abdul Aziz said if there was any truth in allegations of conflict of interest involving former High Court judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, then Najib's case needs to undergo a retrial, or his 12-year jail sentence dropped.

"Several documents have emerged on the internet which show that judge Nazlan used to be general counsel for Maybank in 2012.

"It appeared that Nazlan was present at a Maybank Group Management Credit Committee meeting on March 7, 2012, in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting was on an application by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) for a short-term 'bridging loan' of RM6.17bil to finance the acquisition of the entire equity of Tanjung Energy Group.

"If this is true, how can a judge preside over a case which he himself had an involvement with?

"This is a huge conflict of interest," Syed Muhammad Imran told reporters outside the MACC headquarters here Tuesday (March 15).

Syed Muhammad Imran lodged a report with the MACC and also submitted documents on the allegations to be investigated.

In July last year, Mohd Nazlan was the High Court judge that found Najib guilty of seven charges of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering in the SRC International case.

Najib was sentenced to 12 years in jail and fined RM210mil.

On Monday (March 14), Najib's lawyer Datuk Seri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said Nazlan should have recused himself from Najib’s SRC International case.