Najib Abdul Razak has filed an appeal to reinstate his 1MDB-linked lawsuit against former banker Joanna Yu and AmBank.
When contacted by Malaysiakini this afternoon, the former prime minister's counsel, Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee confirmed that the appeal had been filed.
"Yes, he has," the lawyer replied on whether his client has filed the Notice of Appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Meanwhile, when speaking to Malaysiakini this afternoon, Yu's counsel Gurdial Singh Nijar also confirmed that Najib had filed the notice of appeal.
Gurdial said that the notice of appeal was served on them (Yu's legal team) on Oct 8.
Under normal legal practice, upon an appellant having filed a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal, he or she would serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the respondent.
On Sept 28, the Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed an application by Yu to strike out the legal action by Najib in relation to alleged mismanagement of the former premier's bank account. She used to be Najib's relationship manager.
On that day, the High Court's ruling also applied to Najib's suit against AmBank.
High Court judge Khadijah Idris had ruled that Najib's suit was unsustainable and that the legal action was scandalous, frivolous, vexatious, and an abuse of court process.
Najib had filed a lawsuit against Yu and the commercial bank on Dec 10, last year for allegedly taking instructions from and revealing his account information to 1MDB-linked businessperson Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low.
On Jan 29 this year, Yu filed her application to strike out Najib's suit. Later, AmBank followed suit with a similar application.
Yu was among the key prosecution witnesses in Najib's criminal trial over alleged abuse of power, criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering involving RM42 million of funds from SRC International.
On July 28, a separate Kuala Lumpur High Court had convicted Najib of one count of abuse of power, three counts of CBT, and three counts of money laundering linked to RM42 million of SRC International's monies. The sentence was 12 years in jail and a RM210 million fine.
Najib's appeal against this conviction and sentencing is currently at the Court of Appeal. - Mkini
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