Najib should know what an appeal to the Federal Court is about
By Stephen
Ng
Former Prime
Minister, Najib Abdul Razak and his lawyers should understand what an appeal to
the Federal Court is about.
Even a school student who has to
appeal to the school board from being expelled would understand what the right
posture is when making an appeal.
It
is his arrogance that has led to his own downfall. Now, the ‘Cash is King’ has
to languish in prison for the next 12 years in jail, and the shame that he brings to the
Razak family will remain for many years to come.
Cash is not King
I do not celebrate because he has
fallen. I had wished that the son of Malaysia’s second prime minister, Abdul
Razak Hussein would repent of his ways. Now, may he remember that it is not
cash but that the ‘Rakyat is King.’
I celebrate because at last the nation has
since justice being upheld and no one including the King is above the law. If
Najib thinks that his cash can buy him what he wants, he is desperately wrong
and it may take him the next 12 years to work it out that he was wrong.
Najib should not think that he is
invincible. In fact, this should be a warning to all politicians in this
country whether from Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Harapan that they too may face
similar fate if they continue with their wicked ways. God is watching!
Age makes no difference. Some politicians in other countries have died in prison while serving their jail sentence. Having been raised with a silver spoon, Najib should not think he is someone special.
For over 10 years or more we have
been enduring all his nonsense, and one lie after another was being spewed out in
the open. It took the US Department of Justice to finally put their findings out to the
world and that sealed Najib’s fate.
It is time that Najib reaps what he has sown.
He has, after all, not taken care of the people except for his own cronies. The
rest of the world was watching Malaysia as Najib continued to play on the
people’s sentiments and scorn at every suggestion that the money that went into his account came from 1MDB.
I have said before, people in PH went to
the ground to demonstrate for Anwar Ibrahim, but when they themselves are sent to prison, would Anwar carry out a demonstration? Same with Najib’s own
supporters. If arrested by the police for breaking the law, would Najib or even
Umno president, Zahid Ahmad Hamidi protest against the arrest of their supporters?
The law is the law. If you break the law,
you are the ones to suffer for it. For this reason, it is about time for
Malaysians not to fight for their political leaders but for justice to be upheld in the
country for the sake of all. Political leaders are there to serve the people, not the other way round.
One Drama after Another
I have been following the appeal
case. One drama after another has unfolded, and each time I read the news, I
could only sigh, “When can justice be upheld? This guy is holding the nation at
ransom.”
Najib has been given too much leeway
during the SRC International trial. If he had continued to be given leeway,
even the Rakyat would give up on the courts.
First it was his former lawyer,
Shafee Abdullah. One incident after another which served nothing to help Najib's appeal case but simply delaying the court process.
Then, his new lawyer Zaid Ibrahim
was appointed at the eleventh hour, and I find the lead counsel who appeared on behalf of Najib, Hisyam Teh
Poh Teik’s arguments that the Federal court had not been fair to Najib, to be
illogical if not absurd.
In the first place, Hisyam and Zaid,
upon accepting the new appointment, should not expect the federal court to bow
to their pressure. Instead, as lawyers appearing on behalf of their clients,
they should have worked round the clock to prepare a strong defence. As an
observer, I too find it vexatious to listen to their baseless arguments against
the Federal court chairman.
Applaud the Federal Judges
The five federal judges who formed
the bench deserve a round of applause from all Malaysians who have waited
patiently for justice to be upheld.
All five Federal Judges, and formerly Court of Appeal and High Judges have found him guilty of all seven charges. Najib may claim that he had been pinned down by the court system, but the truth is the rakyat have been waiting for this hour. Umno members that are with him are nothing by comparison to the millions of Malaysians who want to see the closing of this chapter of the nation's history.
May God continue to oversee the
country and these judges that they may continue to be torchbearers for justice
in the country!
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