Malaysia Top Court Rejects Najib’s Bid to Add Evidence in Appeal
- Najib faces 12-year sentence if he fails in ongoing appeal
- Najib’s hearing in SRC International to conclude on Aug. 26
Najib Razak
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Malaysia’s highest court dismissed former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s second bid to add new evidence in an appeal against his conviction in a case linked to a former unit of 1MDB, the Edge and other local media reported.
Najib’s legal team had requested to add evidence in an appeal hearing that began on Monday and is due to run until Aug. 26. Chief Justice Maimun Tuan Mat ruled that there is no basis to suggest that then High Court Judge Nazlan Mohd Ghazali’s employment in Maybank represents a conflict of interest, the Edge report said.