KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has filed an appeal against his conviction and sentence in the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.
His lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee confirmed that the notice was filed at the Court of Appeal on Monday.
On Friday, the High Court found the former prime minister guilty of four power abuse charges and 21 money laundering charges involving RM2.28bil linked to 1MDB funds.
He was sentenced to 15 years in jail and fined a total of RM11.4bil, with a default sentence of 40 years’ jail for the power abuse charges.
While no fine was imposed for the money laundering charges, the court ordered him to pay a recoverable sum of RM2.081bil, in default of 270 months’ jail.
Najib was charged with four counts of using his position to obtain RM2.28bil in gratification from 1MDB funds and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount.
The abuse of power offences were allegedly committed at an AmIslamic Bank Bhd branch on Jalan Raja Chulan, Bukit Ceylon between Feb 24, 2011 and Dec 19, 2014, while the money laundering offences occurred between March 22 and Aug 30, 2013 at the same location.
On Dec 24, Najib also filed an appeal against the High Court ruling that dismissed his bid to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest.
The High Court had dismissed the judicial review, stating that the alleged addendum order by the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong was issued outside the constitutional framework and was therefore invalid and unenforceable.
