Commentary: This is not the end of Najib Razak

of seven charges relating to criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power on Tuesday .

Then Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin had even publicly asked Najib to explain the corruption scandal surrounding 1MDB and was fired shortly after in July 2015.But the historic 2018 General Election broke open the floodgates. The previous Pakatan Harapan government that stormed into power in that watershed moment made charging Najib and his wife Rosmah for corruption a central plank in their election campaign.

Najib’s lawyers have said they will file an appeal. While the case goes to the Court of Appeal, the guilty verdict will be set aside. It will take months before the appeal is heard. Meanwhile, Najib will remain free on bail and retains his position as an Member of Parliament, thus continuing to be a major political player in Malaysia.Even if the Court of Appeal upholds the guilty verdict, there is the possibility of referring the case to the Federal Court, Malaysia’s supreme court.

A more recent political case concerns former Cameron Highlands MP and Malaysian Indian Congress Vice-President C Sivarraajh who won his appeal, also on Tuesday, to squash an earlier decision to disqualify him from contesting or voting in any election for five years beginning 2018 on allegations of vote-buying.Yesterday’s guilty verdict is good news for Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

Muhyiddin now has the political upper hand in the Perikatan Nasional coalition, where the verdict acts as a stark public reminder of UMNO’s association with 1MDB and kleptocracy. The Razak family legacy has suffered significantly from this embarrassing saga. Tun Razak, Malaysia’s second prime minister and Najib’s father, has been held in high regard among the Malaysian populace for being a man of integrity.

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