Najib denied leave to appeal 1MDB lawsuit attendance ruling


Datuk Seri Najib Razak.-filepic

PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been denied leave to appeal the Court of Appeal's ruling that did not allow him to attend the proceedings of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) US$681mil civil lawsuit filed against him and several others.

His application was dismissed by a three-member Federal Court bench, comprising Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Sebli, and Federal Court judges Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang and Datuk Hanipah Farikullah.

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