News by Timothy Achariam

Najib must also report to the nearest police station on the 1st and 15th of every month.

Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali: "In my view, the accused must still provide a good reason to provide for postponement. I don't consider that (Najib's reasoning) to be a valid reason. As such, this court will now proceed to hear mitigation.

Lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah had applied for the delay of the mitigation for Najib’s sentencing citing the Courts of Judicature Act which he claimed stipulated a stay of conviction and sentence.

“I want justice. I want to clean my name,” he said.

In a brief judgement, the judge said that the charges brought against Ahmad are not groundless and have some merits.

“Therefore, the court rejects the application for this criminal application,” he said. 

Najib applied to strike out the charge after Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan permitted the prosecution to amend the charge. The judge ruled that the amendment does not constitute a prejudice to Najib.

As Najib was exiting the court, he was welcomed by his supporters — amounting to around 20, who were waiting for him outside the complex with two birthday cakes. He stopped by to cut the cakes and shared a few bites with them.

High Court Judge Justice Datuk Ahmad Bache read out his summary judgment today, ordering Najib to pay the amount to the IRB. The IRB was also awarded RM15,000 in cost.

YHA Travel & Tours (M) Sdn Bhd, which is suing Azmin and his family over alleged unpaid travel bills, was unable to serve the writ of summons to Farah Afifah, 24, Farah Amira, 26, and Mohamed Ameer Shazrin, 28.

However, Shahrol defended his decision to proceed with the agreement by arguing that he was given any and all power to do whatever it took to secure the funds to acquire the power plants from Tanjong Energy Holdings Sdn Bhd and Genting Sanyen Power Sdn Bhd.