Najib appoints new lawyers for SRC case and seeks postponement


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has appointed new defence lawyers to represent him in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case less than three weeks before the hearing of his final appeal at the Federal Court.

The unexpected move came with him discharging his long-term law firm, Messrs Shafee & Co, from representing him in his final bid to challenge the SRC conviction and sentence.

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