Will the Federal Court agree with Najib on judges’ conflict of interests? FMTNews
Najib Razak claims he was denied a fair hearing of his trial and final appeal due to a conflict of interests on the part of Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and Justice Nazlan Ghazali.
On July 28, 2020, Nazlan convicted and sentenced him to 12 years’ imprisonment and a fine of RM210 million. “In that position, had personal knowledge of matters involving the establishment and infrastructure and governance of the SRC company, personally knew and managed a loan given to 1MDB and personal knowledge a RM140 million loan taken by Putra Perdana Development Sdn Bhd, which is the source of the RM42 million.”
The prosecution’s actions suggest “they knew about the conflict of interest” and “attempted to hide documents that were readily available”. There was a likelihood that Nazlan might not be “impartial or independent”, which “severely compromised” Najib’s right to a fair trial, the submissions added.It was heard over two days and dismissed by the apex court on Aug 16.Najib is also challenging the apex court’s dismissal on Aug 23 of his application to recuse Tengku Maimun from presiding over his final appeal.
Section 74 provides that “every proceeding in the Federal Court shall be heard and disposed of by three judges or such greater uneven number of judges as the Chief Justice may in any particular case determine”.
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