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2023 MarsdenLR 362

FEDERAL COURT PUTRAJAYA
DATO SRI MOHD NAJIB HJ ABDUL RAZAK – Appellant
Versus
PP – Respondent


Petitioner Advocates:Muhammad Shafee Abdullah,Sarah Abishegam,Muhammad Farhan Shafee,Wan Mohammad Arfan Wan Othman,Alaistair Brandah Norman,Genevieve Vanniasingham,Umi Nafesah Mohd Noor,Tania Scivetti ,Respondent Advocate: V Sithambaram,Donald Joseph Franklin,Sulaiman Kho Kheng Fuei,Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul,Manjira Vasudeva

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1. judgment establishes elements essential for review under r 137. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. significance of legal representation emphasized. (Para 9 , 14 , 28)
3. court's inherent power to prevent injustice is crucial. (Para 11 , 12 , 16)
4. fair trial principles underscore the ruling. (Para 30 , 32 , 41 , 44)
Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Rhodzariah Bujang, Nordin Hassan FCJJ, Abu Bakar Jais JCA:

[1] The applicant Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Hj Abdul Razak was tried and convicted on seven charges in the High Court. He was sentenced to an aggregate concurrent term of imprisonment of twelve years and a fine of RM210 million, in default 5 years' imprisonment. His appeals to the Court of Appeal against his convictions and sentence were dismissed. He then appealed to this Court. His appeals to this Court were dismissed and his convictions and sentence affirmed. The applicant who was dissatisfied with the decisions of this Court filed an application under r 137 of the Rules of Federal 1995 to review four decisions of the Federal Court. The four decisions are as follows:

(i) the decision on 16 August 2022, dismissing the applicant's application to adduce additional evidence and the disqual

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