Malaysia Court Rejects Former Prime Minister’s Appeal, Upholds Guilty Verdict

Malaysia Court Rejects Former Prime Minister’s Appeal, Upholds Guilty Verdict
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives to give a statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on May 24, 2018. Lai Seng Sin/Reuters
Aldgra Fredly
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Malaysia’s Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s appeal to overturn his conviction in the SRC International corruption case, and upheld the High Court’s verdict against him.

Najib was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 210 million ringgit ($50 million) last year after being found guilty of transferring 42 million ringgit ($9.9 million) from SRC International, a former unit of 1Malaysia Development Bhd, into his bank accounts.