{"id":26831,"date":"2022-08-27T06:02:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T06:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=26831"},"modified":"2022-08-27T06:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T06:02:27","slug":"najib-razak-the-verdict-that-sent-malaysias-untouchable-ex-pm-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=26831","title":{"rendered":"Najib Razak: The verdict that sent Malaysia’s untouchable ex-PM to prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BBC News: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, inside the huge, Islamically-styled Palace of Justice in Malaysia’s political capital Putrajaya, something remarkable happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the dock stood a man of immense wealth and power, who, when he was prime minister, was quite literally untouchable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak – to give him his full title which denotes the high status he holds in Malaysian society – had challenged the judiciary for two years since his conviction and 12-year prison sentence over money laundering and abuses of power charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just the night before his lawyers had filed a motion to disqualify Malaysia’s most senior judge, and the country’s first female chief justice, from hearing his final appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside the court, Najib’s supporters gathered, protesting that he was not getting justice. Despite the 42 criminal charges filed against him, he remains popular and influential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat was unmoved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She ordered Najib’s lawyers to get on with any submissions they wanted to make. Then, after a break for lunch, flanked by the four other judges on the five-member panel, she read out the 15-page verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She found Najib’s conviction and sentence sound and not excessive<\/a>, and the complaints raised in his appeal to be devoid of merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We agree that the defence is so inherently inconsistent and incredible that it does not raise a reasonable doubt on the prosecution’s case,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Najib fell back in his chair, looking stunned. Within a few hours, a man accustomed to celebrity treatment found himself in a plain prison cell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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