Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak demanded the removal of the Chief Justice from the hearing on the final appeal, know the reason
Malaysia's prime minister is facing allegations of abuse of power and corruption. He has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for this and asked to pay US $ 49.4 million in fines. His final appeal against this is to be heard.
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been accused of abuse of power and corruption. However, he has called himself innocent. Malaysia's top court will hear the final appeal against his conviction.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the former Prime Minister has demanded the removal of Chief Justice Maimun Tuan Mat, who is leading the five-member team of the court set up for the hearing, from the process of hearing the final appeal.
Najeeb says that Zamani Ibrahim, Maimun's husband, has already been critical of him over the '1Malaysia Development Berhad' (1MDB) scam. In such a case, the decision may be influenced by the prejudice of her husband.
Prime Minister sentenced to 12 years in jail
Najeeb founded the 1MDB company after coming to power in 2009. It was a government company owned by the Ministry of Finance. Najeeb is accused of embezzling $ 4.5 billion (about Rs 32 thousand crore) from the government investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption and abuse of power and ordered to pay a fine of US$49.4 million. The final appeal for quashing of his conviction and 12-year sentence is to be heard. Najeeb has demanded the removal of Chief Justice Maimun from this hearing on Tuesday.
Najeeb's lawyer said this thing
Najeeb's lawyer said in his affidavit in the court, "Najib has stated that Zamani Ibrahim had mentioned in a Facebook post immediately after Najeeb's defeat in the 2018 general elections that Najeeb had deposited "government government" in his personal bank account. embezzlement of government money".
Najeeb said this was "extremely disturbing" as it left the possibility that Maimoon's view may have been influenced by Zamani.
Najeeb said in his application, "Therefore, the court's decision is likely to be biased and biased, which will in turn create doubts in the minds of the people on the judiciary."
