Najib walks free – but not cleared – in RM27mil SRC case
High Court Judge K. Muniandy issued the ruling today after the prosecution failed to furnish the defence with hundreds of documents related to the trial, despite the charges being filed as early as 2019.
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4 days ago
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Suddenly championing Sabah rights
Published on: Sunday, July 13, 2025 Published on: Sun, Jul 13, 2025 Text Size: I REFER to your report on Minister Datuk Armizan exposing the hypocrisy of Sabah Umno leaders who are now pretending to champion Sabah's interests (DE July 6). I wonder if one of them is the same one who vigorously defended convicted former PM Najib Razak, insisting there was no such RM42 billion 1MDB scandal. He also said Sabahans should just celebrate Malaya's independence on Aug. 31 instead of Sept.16 (Malaysia Day, it was carried in your paper). He started his political career in PBS, then jumped to Umno where he realised his dream briefly, quickly dumped Umno and joined PKR when Umno was rejected. He was probably hoping to lead PKR in Sabah. But when he found it was not so easy, he wormed his way back to Umno and is now issuing statements regularly to portals like FMT suddenly championing Sabah. Political watcher The views expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Express. If you have something to share, write to us at: [email protected]
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Umno urges house arrest for Najib after AGC confirms royal addendum
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Umno has called for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be granted house arrest following confirmation from the Attorney General's Chambers of a royal addendum supporting such arrangement. The AGC made the admission during its appeal against an application for judicial review from Najib this week. 'Umno humbly seeks forgiveness and mercy from His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and appeals for the house arrest decree to be enforced in accordance with the absolute powers of the King as provided under Article 42(1) of the Federal Constitution.' Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said in a statement today. The article gives the King the constitutional power to pardon or reduce sentences for offences under federal jurisdiction and in court-martial cases. Asyraf said Umno hoped that Najib would finally be granted this, based on the decree issued over a year ago. On February 2, 2024, the Federal Territories Pardons Board halved Najib's sentence to six years for misappropriating RM42 million from SRC International, meaning he could be released as early as August 23, 2028. It later emerged that the previous Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah who had chaired the Pardons Board then, had also issued the royal addendum for Najib to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest. The government did not outright deny the order was made, but its existence was not confirmed until earlier this week. Najib has been imprisoned since August 23, 2022, after the Federal Court upheld his conviction for criminal breach of trust, abuse of power, and money laundering involving funds from SRC International Sdn Bhd. He also has other criminal trials related to the 1MDB corruption scandal ongoing.
