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Najib and Irwan get DNAA after prosecution bungle-up

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 Disgraced and shameless former prime minister Najib "1MDB" Razak was jointly charged with ex-Treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah in 2018 with six counts of misappropriating public funds intended for payment to IPIC.

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Najib and Irwan get DNAA after prosecution bungle-up

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27, 2024: Disgraced and shameless former prime minister and jailbird Najib “1MDB” Razak and ex-Treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah were today granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) by the High Court.

Both were charged in 2018 with six counts of misappropriating public funds involving RM6.6 billion intended for payment to IPIC, an Abu Dhabi-owned corporation.

Justice Jamil Hussin said the prosecution had not followed procedure in delivering the documents as required under Section 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Is the prosecution that super ignorant or inefficient for some reason or other in such a high-profile case?

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on the court proceedings:

Najib, Irwan given DNAA in IPIC case

V Anbalagan

-27 Nov 2024, 11:58 AM

Justice Jamil Hussin says he is using his inherent powers in allowing the application.


Former prime minister Najib Razak was jointly charged with ex-Treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah in 2018 with six counts of misappropriating public funds intended for payment to IPIC.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Najib Razak and ex-Treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah have been granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in their International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) case.

Justice Jamil Hussin said he was using his inherent powers in allowing their DNAA application at the High Court here.

Najib and Irwan were charged in 2018 with six counts of misappropriating public funds intended for payment to IPIC, an Abu Dhabi-owned corporation.

They applied for a DNAA as the prosecution had yet to supply key documents to the defence.

Jamil today said the prosecution had not followed procedure in delivering the documents as required under Section 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code.

“They were charged in 2018 and the trial dates were fixed, but the documents were not delivered. This is an inordinate delay,” he said.

Jamil also said the DNAA would not prejudice the prosecution as Najib and Irwan could be charged again once the prosecution was ready for trial.

He then ordered the return of the bail money posted for Najib and Irwan.

The issue before Jamil was whether he could use his inherent powers to give the DNAA as the application was made by the defence, not the prosecution.

Under Section 254 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the prosecution can apply for a DNAA but the final decision rests with the court.

Najib and Irwan previously made two attempts at securing a DNAA, in March 2022 and July this year.

In July, Jamil ordered the prosecution to complete the document declassification process within three months.

On Monday, deputy public prosecutor Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi said the prosecution had yet to obtain declassified documents under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) from several ministries, but were ready to proceed with the trial.  - FMT

Malaysia

Najib and Irwan Serigar granted DNAA in RM6.6 billion IPIC CBT case

Najib and Irwan were charged in October 2018 and had pleaded not guilty to six counts of CBT involving government funds used as payments to the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

Updated 24 minutes ago · Published on 27 Nov 2024 12:07PM

Najib and Irwan were charged in October 2018 and had pleaded not guilty to six counts of CBT - November 27, 2024

FORMER prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and ex-Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Irwan Serigar Abdullah have been granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in their International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) case.

Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin granted the DNAA against the former prime minister and the former company adviser today.

Najib and Irwan were charged in October 2018 and had pleaded not guilty to six counts of CBT involving government funds used as payments to the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

 

“These are my brief grounds. First, the prosecution failed to abide by Section 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).

”Second, the DNAA does not prejudice the prosecution as they can recharge the accused.

”Third, this case was registered in 2018 but the trial cannot proceed even when trial dates have been set many times. This is an inordinate delay,” he ruled.

Section 51A of the CPC requires the prosecution to provide the accused with certain documents before the commencement of a trial.

Najib and Irwan allegedly committed all the offences at the Finance Ministry Complex in Putrajaya between Dec 21, 2016, and Dec 18, 2017.

They were charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same code, which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years, caning, and a fine.

However, since the duo are above 50, they would be spared caning if convicted.

The DNAA simply means that Najib and Irwan can be charged again on similar grounds at a later date. - November 27, 2024 The Vibes

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