KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has sent a second representation letter to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) to drop the criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges he faces with former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
Najib and Mohd Irwan were charged in 2018 with six counts of CBT amounting to RM6.6bil in government funds involving payments to International Petroleum Investment Company .During proceedings in the High Court here on Friday , DPP Muhammad Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi informed Justice Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin that the prosecution received the letter of representation last week through Messrs Shafee & Co, who are acting for the former prime minister.
Meanwhile, Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and Datuk K Kumaraendran, acting for Mohd Irwan, asked that the date for case management be held within a month. Justice Muhammad Jamil then fixed it for Sept 12.Najib had earlier sent in a letter of representation two years ago but it was rejected.
Mohd Irwan’s representation was sent in 2020 but it was not replied to by the AGC, with a new one then sent in March this year. On Oct 24, 2018, Najib and Mohd Irwan pleaded not guilty to six charges of CBT amounting to RM6.6bil in government funds involving payments to IPIC.Najib and Mohd Irwan were jointly accused of committing all the offences at the Finance Ministry Complex, Putrajaya between Dec 21, 2016 and Dec 18, 2017.
The charges were framed under Section 409 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law, which provides for a maximum of 20 years in jail and whipping as well as a fine upon conviction. – Bernama
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