Najib is in Jail. So… What Next?

Dr Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate, University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute - Malaysia

25-Aug-22 15:00

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A couple of days ago, the Federal Court upheld the guilty verdict in former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC International case. Najib is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 210 million ringgit. While there may be some narrow escape routes left for Najib, the fact of the matter is this: UMNO’s Kleptocrat poster boy is currently behind bars, as we head towards GE15. So, what does this mean for our political landscape moving forward?

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Categories: politics, government, corruption, Law/Activism, controversies

Tags: politics, malaysian politics, umno, najib, kleptocrat, ge15, ge14,

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