News by Hafiz Yatim

With today's decision, Azilah's death penalty stands unless he is granted a pardon by the Selangor ruler, for which he has filed an application.

Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah: We are considering filing an application to expunge the affidavit since the apex court has decided not to accept what Azilah had claimed.

Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed: The outcome would not affect the proposed intervener (Najib) as he is not connected to the subject matter. We dismiss the application but allow his representative to hold a watching brief

Najib, who arrived at the court at 9.10am with his aide today, was seated in the public gallery when Azilah, who was handcuffed, entered the court.

As a result, his 1MDB audit tampering trial, scheduled for the whole of this week, has been vacated.

At present, the cases are being heard before Justices Mohamed Zaini Mazlan and Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin.

The hearing was supposed to resume today.

Among others, he claimed that the trial judge, Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, was wrong in finding that his action of not returning the RM42 million SRC money was detrimental to his defence.

He also claimed in the 42-page petition that the judge was wrong in rejecting his defence over the contribution made by the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

They are seeking a declaration from the court that Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, as their MP, owes them a fiduciary duty and is a trustee in respect of his relationship with his constituents, including themselves. They also want a declaration that he had breached his representation to them, and as such breached the fiduciary obligations owed to them.

The trial will resume next week (Dec 7).