Judge Blasts Najib as 'National Embarrassment' With 1MDB Guilty Verdict Upheld
- Najib’s actions in SRC case a ‘national embarrassment’: Judge
- There is an ‘overwhelming evidence’ of conflict of interest
Najib Razak
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A Malaysia court upheld former leader Najib Razak’s guilty verdict from the first of a series of trials linked to troubled state fund 1MDB, with a judge referring to his actions as a “national embarrassment.”
Najib failed to overturn his 12-year prison sentence after the Court of Appeal Wednesday affirmed he was guilty of all seven charges in the case involving 42 million ringgit ($10 million) of funds belonging to SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB. The court allowed his application for a stay of execution that would keep him out of jail while he appeals to Malaysia’s highest court.