Jul 4, 2018: Najib appeared for the first time in the Sessions Court to be charged with three counts of CBT and one charge of abusing his position over SRC’s funds totalling RM42 million. The case was later transferred to the High Court.
Dec 3, 2019 - Najib took the witness stand at the High Court as the first defence witness after he was ordered to enter his defence on all the seven charges against him. May 18, 2021 – The Appeal Court completed its hearing after listening to arguments from both the defence and prosecution.Nov 23, 2021 - The Court of Appeal set Dec 8 for a decision on Najib's appeal. Najib appealed to the court to have the date postponed due to the requirement to undergo self-quarantine for seven days until Dec 12. The appeal was dismissed on the same day.
May 9, 2022 - The Federal Court fixed 10 days in August beginning from Aug 15 to hear Najib’s final bid against his conviction and jail sentence. Jul 29, 2022 – The Federal Court decided to proceed with the appeal as scheduled from Aug 15 despite a request from Najib’s new lawyers to have the hearing postponed on the ground that they needed more time to prepare for the case.
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