COMMENT | Prayer couldn't save Najib from appeal dismissal

COMMENT | The Court of Appeal's decision to affirm the High Court's conviction of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak on all of the seven charges is the right one and is applauded.

It offers a glimmer of hope that all is not lost in a country where political interference can make a difference to the outcome of court cases. Judge-fixing was a problem highlighted in a Royal Commission of Inquiry several years ago.

Time will tell if all is well with the justice system and politics will have no bearing on all court cases. The idea 'man proposes but God disposes' was not lost on Najib and his supporters seen in a prayer session the night before the appeal hearing.

What was Najib expecting from a higher authority...