SHAH ALAM - Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer is applying for a Queen's Counsel (QC) to represent the former prime minister in his final appeal over his conviction and jail sentence in his RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd case.
His lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah filed the application at the High Court, today (Tuesday).
In the application, Shafee said a QC should be admitted to practice as an advocate of the High Court of Malaya to appear for Najib at the Federal Court.
The application saw the request for London-based lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw to be admitted and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor to argue the SRC International appeal.
The firm was a QC specialising in business and financial crime laws.
The Federal Court is scheduled to hear Najib’s appeal for ten days from August 15 to 26.
The Court of Appeal affirmed the High Court’s decision on July, 28, 2020 to convict Najib on seven charges of power abuse, criminal breach of trust and money laundering over RM42 million belonging to SRC International that entered his bank accounts.
It also upheld Najib’s 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine.
However, the former premier was granted a stay of execution pending his final appeal before the Federal Court.