KUALA LUMPUR: After a seven-year trial, the High Court on Friday (Dec 26) sentenced Datuk Seri Najib Razak to 15 years in prison and a fine of RM11.4bil, in default 40 years’ imprisonment, after he was found guilty of 25 charges of money laundering and abuse of power, involving RM2.3bil of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds.
Justice Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah, now a Federal Court Judge, made this ruling after determining that the defence had failed to raise any reasonable doubt against the case against the 72-year-old former prime minister, at the close of the defence case.
