Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court April 7, 2022. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — The Federal Court will be hearing in August former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s final appeal against his conviction and jail sentence and RM210 million fine over the misappropriation of RM42 million in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.
The hearing dates stretching over 10 days are from August 15 to August 19, and from August 22 to August 26.
This is based on an April 29 letter sent by the Federal Court to both the prosecution and Najib’s lawyers, to notify them of the hearing dates.
The Federal Court also said the hearings would start at 9am and instructed the lawyers to be present at the Federal Court in Putrajaya at 8.40am to prepare for the hearings.
In the letter where the Federal Court informed the scheduling of the August hearing dates for Najib’s SRC appeal, both the prosecution and the defence were also told to file their written submissions by July 31.
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