Najib files petition with UN for arbitrary detention


KUALA LUMPUR: Claiming there were "serious defects" in the hearing before Datuk Seri Najib Razak was sentenced to jail, a petition was sent to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) to ask for a release or a retrial of the SRC International Sdn Bhd case, says Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

His counsel said that the former premier’s petition was sent on Thursday afternoon (Jan 5) to the UNWGAD over the corruption case.

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