KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak will apply for a Queen's Counsel (QC) from the United Kingdom to represent him for the appeal against his conviction and sentence involving SRC International funds at the Federal Court.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul said Najib's lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah plans to write to the Federal Court by tomorrow to inform it of their intention.
"The court has fixed Jan 28 for next case management to determine the next step for the appeal.
"Meanwhile, the court also fixed March 15 and 16 to hear Najib's appeal to adduce new additional evidence," he said when contacted.
He said Federal Court Registrar Siti Hajar Mustaffa fixed the date during online proceedings today.
On Dec 7 last year, the Court of Appeal dismissed Najib's application to adduce fresh evidence in his appeal against the RM42 million SRC case.
In rejecting Najib's application, Judge Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil said Najib had failed to cumulatively satisfy the requirements of the law besides failing to show any exceptional circumstances on why his application should be allowed.
In his application, Najib said he wanted to call Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Tan Sri Azam Baki and SRC investigating officer Rosli Hussein to provide new evidence on the case.
He said this was because the MACC had on Nov 19 confirmed that RM65 million in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) linked funds were recovered from companies controlled by former Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz and that gave her the motive to conceal information from him.
The next day, the same court upheld the conviction and 12 years' jail term and RM210 million fine on Najib for misappropriating RM42 million in SRC funds.
The High Court convicted Najib over all the seven charges of criminal breach of trust, power abuse, money laundering, in relation to SRC International's RM42 million.