Wrong to use criminal standard to convict Najib, says lawyer

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The conviction of Najib Razak cannot be safe, lawyer Farhan Read says. (AP pic)PUTRAJAYA: Trial judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali was wrong to state that Najib Razak must be held accountable for abuse of power by using a criminal standard, the Court of Appeal heard today.“His (Nazlan’s) desire to hold him (Najib) accountable over a criminal law is not the avenue,” defence lawyer Farhan Read submitted at the hearing of the appeal by Najib against his conviction and sentence in the SRC International corruption case.The appeal is being heard by a three-member bench chaired by Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil. The others are Has Zanah Mehat and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera.Farhan said Najib, who was the prime minister from April 2009 to May 2018, should have been held accountable in a general election and that was the right forum.As such, he said, the conviction of Najib, who is the Pekan MP, cann…