KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, failed in his appeal to be moved to house arrest, after the High Court here ruled against his application yesterday.
High Court judge, Alice Loke Yee Ching, ruled that, the additional materials submitted by Najib in support of his appeal were invalid.
The 72-year-old former leader will have to continue serving the rest of his six-year jail term at Kajang Prison.
Najib was sentenced in July, 2020, to 12 years in jail and fined 210 million ringgit, for abuse of power, related to SRC International, a former unit of state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Najib was later granted a reduced sentence and fine.– NNN-BERNAMA