Apex court sets 10 days to hear Najib’s final SRC appeal

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has fixed 10 days in August to hear Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s final bid against his conviction and jail sentence for the misappropriation of RM42mil in the SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.

The matter was informed via a letter dated April 29, which was signed by the apex court deputy registrar Hafiizullaah Omar @ Md Salleh, stating that the dates are from Aug 15-19 and Aug 22-26.

The letter was made available to the media.

According to the letter, both parties (defence and prosecution) were also instructed to file their written submissions by July 31, Bernama reported.

On April 25, Najib submitted 94 grounds in his petition of appeal on why he should be freed of the charges of misappropriating RM42mil in SRC International funds.

Among the grounds mentioned in the petition was that the Court of Appeal had erred in fact and/or in law in affirming the High Court’s findings that the prosecution had proved a prima facie case against the appellant (Najib) on all seven charges and called him for defence.

On Dec 8, 2021, the Court of Appeal upheld Najib’s conviction and the 12-year jail sentence and the RM210mil fine for misappropriating RM42mil belonging to SRC International.

Juctice Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, who presided with Justices Has Zanah Mehat and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, unanimously dismissed Najib’s appeal against the High Court’s decision on July 28, 2020.

The Federal Court will be the final avenue for the Pekan MP to appeal against his sentence and conviction involving the SRC International case.