{"id":12600,"date":"2021-12-07T11:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T03:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12600"},"modified":"2021-12-07T11:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T03:27:54","slug":"court-of-appeal-to-go-ahead-with-proceeding-despite-najibs-bid-to-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12600","title":{"rendered":"Court of appeal to go ahead with proceeding despite Najib’s bid to delay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Putrajaya, Dec 7 — The Court of Appeal\u2019s hearing of Najib Razak\u2019s bid to cite more evidence in his SRC International appeal will continue as scheduled today despite a request by the former prime minister\u2019s legal team for a delay of proceeding after one of his lawyers tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Utusan Online, Najib\u2019s lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah requested late last night that today\u2019s proceeding be postponed along with the court\u2019s decision tomorrow on Najib\u2019s appeal in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court official however said today that the proceeding would continue, with the three judges and the prosecution team in the court and the lawyers to participate through Zoom from their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil who led the three-man bench told Najib\u2019s lawyer Harvinder Singh Sidhu that there were two possible options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe cancel the bail and he (Najib) will be issued a warrant of arrest immediately and be brought to the court today (Tuesday) itself<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe second choice \u2013 we direct that this is heard online, and this is the court direction. We don\u2019t need consent by parties; we go online. This is more than safe. We have had cases online when people were in the US, France, and Japan. This is in Malaysia. We have online facilities. We have this application for fresh evidence. When you make an application, you should have the facilities to prove them<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was joined on the bench by Has Zanah Mehat and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Najib had applied to allow\u00a0new evidence\u00a0to be adduced in his appeal against his 12-year jail sentence and a fine of RM210 million for misappropriating RM42 million in SRC International funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hearing was set a day before the Court of Appeal was due to deliver its verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Shafee said in a letter to the court last night that one of the lawyers had tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a celebration with his family and friends last Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn addition, our client was present at the office to check and attest to the affidavit filed yesterday<\/em>,\u201d he was quoted as saying in the Utusan report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore the MySejahtera status of everyone involved has changed, whether to close contact or casual contact, and everyone is waiting for an appropriate time to take an RT PCR test.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Najib was convicted in July last year of seven counts of criminal breach of trust, money laundering, and abuse of power involving RM42 million in SRC International funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was allowed a stay of execution pending his appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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