Appeals court dismisses Najib’s bid to attend proceedings in 1MDB lawsuit


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Friday (Nov 24) dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s (pic) appeal to attend the proceedings in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) US$681mil lawsuit which was filed against him and several other individuals.

A three-man bench comprising Justices Datuk P. Ravinthran, Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya and Datuk Lim Chong Fong held that the proceedings that the former prime minister wanted to attend was confined to the hearing of a Mareva injunction at the High Court which had been concluded on Sept 27, this year.

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