Is time running out on Najib? Verdict to be announced after court throws out bid to introduce new evidence - The Independent Singapore News

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“We can cancel the RM2 million bail and issue a warrant of arrest for Najib’s non-attendance. You yourself (bailor) do not know why Najib is not here. You are just guessing. This is not a coffee shop, this is the court of law, do not just play guessing....

Malaysia — The plans for a grand comeback of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak may be nipped in the bud with a verdict on his appeal against his conviction and sentencing for graft last year is expected on Wednesday .

The judge said that new evidence to be introduced should be that which was not available during the trial. The evidence also must be credible and relevant, as well as be able to create reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case. The former Prime Minister wanted to have Tan Sri Azam Baki, the chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission , as well as Rosli Hussein, an investigating officer with the SRC, to testify concerning the new evidence in the wake of MACC’s Nov 19 conformation that RM65 million in 1Malaysia Development Bhd linked funds had been recovered from Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, the former Governor of Bank Negara.

 

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