Najib Files Notice Of Appeal Against 1MDB Conviction And Sentence

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal against the High Court’s decision to sentence him to 15 years' imprisonment and impose an RM11.4 billion fine in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case.

His counsel, lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, said the notice was filed on the evening of Dec 29, a fact later confirmed by deputy public prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib.

The appeal challenges the verdict delivered last Friday by Justice Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah, who found Najib guilty on four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering involving RM2.3 billion of the sovereign wealth fund.

For the abuse of power charges, the court imposed a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment on each count and a collective fine of RM11.4 billion, in default 40 years' imprisonment. 

On the 21 money laundering charges, he received a sentence of five years' imprisonment on each count, with no additional fine.

The 72-year-old will serve an effective custodial term of 15 years, as the court ordered all prison sentences to run concurrently.

This sentence is to run consecutively, commencing only after Najib completes his existing six-year term for the misappropriation of RM42 million in the SRC International case, which concludes on Aug 23, 2028.

-- BERNAMA