Putrajaya: Malaysia, Malaysian Appeal Court on Wednesday the former leader of Najib Razak’s Corriction and majoring in prison for 12 years over the Multi-billion dollar 1MdB scandal, which contributed to the fall of his government in 2018.
But Najib, which was free of bail when he appealed, now It is expected to submit a final legal challenge in the country’s top field.
The 68-year-old was found guilty of all the counts of last year in several experiments he faced related to the looting of the construction of 1Malaysia Berhad Sovereign Wealth Fund.
Najib and his cronies were accused of stealing billions of dollars from investment vehicles and spent everything starting from upper-class real estate to expensive art.
His first trial was related to the transfer of 42 million ringgit ($ 9.9 million) from the former 1MDB unit to his bank account.
He challenged the high court ruling last year at the Appeal Court, but Judge Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil on Wednesday, Wednesday enforced Najib’s belief in the seventh of the accusation he faced.
The former Prime Minister “has active knowledge about 42 million ringgit (sent) into his account and dishonestly misusing it”, the judge told the court at Putrajaya Administrative Capital.
Najib was convicted of abuse of power, money laundering, and criminal violations of trust in transfers.
As well as the term prison, he was fined almost $ 50 million.
Judge Karim also rejected the Najib defense that he believed that the money was a donation from Saudi royalties, saying that “there was no evidence” for the claim.
Najib and his lawyer was not in court for the verdict and following the online process, after the legal team members were tested positive for Covid-19.
– The last challenge – anger at the looting played mostly in the loss of the surprise of the Najib coalition in the 2018 election, and he was arrested and beaten with dozens of accusations after his defeat.
Najib consistently denied mistakes.
His lawyer has tried to postpone Wednesday’s decision on the Covid case in the Najib Law Team, and by trying to introduce new evidence at 11 hours as part of an appeal.
But the court rejected the two movements.
Najib is now expected to turn to the main court of Malaysia for the final appeal, which can drag for months, and he can remain free to guarantee until wrapped.
If Najib who remains MP loses the challenge, he will be imprisoned and prohibited from holding political positions.
Despite the confidence of the graft, he remained popular and influential, and had replaced politics in recent months.
Blue Bloody Politicians, the father and uncle are prime ministers, projecting themselves as humans from people and have 4.6 million followers on Facebook, where he often commented on the news and criticized rivals.