Najib maintains his innocence, vows to fight on to clear his name

Najib maintains his innocence, vows to fight on to clear his name
Published 29 July 2020
NURBAITI HAMDAN, FARIK ZOLKEPLI and ROYCE TAN

KUALA LUMPUR (The Star/ANN) - Datuk Seri Najib Razak has maintained that he is innocent and that he intends to carry on the fight to clear his name in the SRC International Sdn Bhd.

Speaking to the press after his trial here on Tuesday (July 28), the former prime minister expressed his disappointment with the judiciary system over the case.

"I'm definitely not satisfied with the decision but in our judiciary system, the High Court is the first level, where the decision is made by only one judge.

"We have the Court of Appeal level, which has three judges. Hopefully they can accept our points and arguments.

"It's not the end of the world because there's the process of appeal and we hope we will be successful then," Najib said before leaving the Kuala Lumpur court complex.

He also urged his supporters to continue believing in him, his struggles and to continue being positive and to keep their spirits high.

Najib added that he repeated his oath in court so that he would be on record saying that he had nothing to do with the RM42mil.

At the High Court on Tuesday, Najib was found guilty of all seven charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power involving RM42mil.

He was sentenced to a concurrent 12-year jail term and a RM210mil fine.