Najib's 1MDB trial: Unknown man raises ruckus in court complex

KUALA LUMPUR: An unidentified man caused a mix at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here Thursday (Aug 25).

The man, who was in a black suit, had walked up to group of media employees who were covering Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s RM2. 28bil 1MDB trial and started yelling at all of them in the court lobby.

It is ambiguous whether he was a Najib supporter and also what he wished to say as their screaming was incoherent.

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Police then stepped in plus escorted the man away.

The Kuala Lumpur Court was your centre of attention Thursday as Najib, sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case, produced his appearance with regard to his 1MDB trial.

This really is Najib’s first look in court after being sent to prison on Tuesday (Aug 23) following the Government Court’s dismissal of his final appeal in the SRC International case.

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On Tuesday, Najib became the first former prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) in the country’s background to be sent to prison after the Federal Court upheld the High Court’s conviction and word.

On This summer 28, 2020, the particular Kuala Lumpur Higher Court sentenced Najib to 12 years in jail plus a total fine of RM210mil after becoming found guilty of 7 charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering plus abuse of place in the RM42mil SRC International case.

The verdict was then upheld from the Court of Attractiveness in December.