GUILTY: Najib begins 12-year jail term

Najib Abdul Razak is set to begin his 12-year jail sentence today and cough up a RM210 million fine in default of another five years imprisonment. 

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The five-person apex court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat this afternoon unanimously dismissed the former prime minister’s appeal to quash his conviction over seven criminal charges as well as the sentencing.

The other...