PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pix) has engaged London-based lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw to lead the defence team in making his final appeal against conviction in the RM42 million SRC International case at the Federal Court, FMT reports.
The report said Laidlaw, a Queen’s Counsel (QC) specialising in business and financial crime laws, is seeking the High Court’s permission to argue the SRC International case on an ad hoc basis.
The Federal Court is scheduled to hear Najib’s appeal for a period of 10 days from Aug 15 to 26.
The Court of Appeal affirmed the High Court’s decision in July 2020 to convict Najib on seven charges of power abuse, criminal breach of trust and money laundering over RM42 million belonging to SRC International that entered his bank accounts.
It also upheld Najib’s 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine.
However, the former prime minister was released on bail pending his final appeal before the Federal Court.
