Malaysian court upholds former PM Najib Razak's conviction and 12-year jail term over the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, which contributed to his government's downfall in 2018
Najib could request another stay on his sentence and file a further appeal to the Federal Court, Malaysia's top tribunal.
In the first of several trials, the 68-year-old was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $50 million last year after being found guilty of criminal breach of trust, abuse of power, and money laundering for illegally receiving about $10 million from SRC International, a former unit of now-defunct 1MDB.
The court also rejected a separate application by defence lawyers, filed last week, to introduce new evidence that they said could help exonerate Najib.
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