KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak arrived at the High Court on Thursday (Aug 25) morning for his 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) embezzlement trial. He is facing four charges of using his position to obtain bribes, totalling RM2.3 billion (US$513 million) in 1MDB funds, and also
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak arrived at the High Court on Thursday morning for his 1Malaysia Development Berhad embezzlement trial.
This was his first appearance in public since being sent to Kajang Prison on Tuesday, after the Federal Court dismissed his final appeal bid in the SRC International case. In an Instagram post on Wednesday night, Najib’s daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib said that representatives from Najib’s legal team met with him in Kajang Prison.
“We would like to say thank you to the officers and guards at Kajang Prison for taking care of daddy.”On Tuesday, the Federal Court dismissed Najib's final appeal to overturn a 12-year jail term and RM210 million fine over seven charges in a case involving funds from SRC International.
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