The lawyer says Najib Razak could then have been charged again, and that withdrawing the certificates has many implications on the proceedings.
PUTRAJAYA: Najib Razak’s lawyers today argued that the High Court should have given him a discharge in the RM42 million SRC International case after Attorney-General Tommy Thomas withdrew the certificate of transfer several days before the trial was scheduled to begin.
Speaking today, Shafee provided a chronology of the cases, from the day Najib was charged on July 4 last year, until Feb 7 when the certificates were withdrawn. The former prime minister faces a total of 42 charges over SRC International and 1MDB funds, the altered 1MDB audit report, and the misuse of government funds for the settlement with International Petroleum Investment Company .
“The powers he has are only to transfer the SRC cases to any High Court, not his High Court,” he said, adding that the judge’s action could be interpreted as an attempt to take over the chief judge of Malaya’s authority to assign judges to hear cases. “Under our common law, it is forbidden for a second judgment to be produced after the judge has written his judgment,” he said.
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