GUILTY: Najib begins 12-year jail term

Najib Abdul Razak is set to begin his 12-year jail sentence today and cough up a RM210 million fine in default of another five years imprisonment.

The five-person apex court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat this afternoon unanimously dismissed the former prime minister’s appeal to quash his conviction over seven criminal charges as well as the sentencing.

The other Federal Court bench members were Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and senior judges P Nallini, Mary Lim Thiam Suan, and Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah.

On July 28, 2020, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur found Najib guilty of one count of abuse of power, three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT), as well as three money laundering charges, and imposed the sentence.

On Dec 8 last year, the Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s ruling and dismissed Najib’s appeal.

[More to come] - Mkini