'National embarrassment' gavel crushes Najib's 'national interest' defence

The Court of Appeal could not accept Najib Abdul Razak's explanation that all his actions in regard to SRC International Sdn Bhd were done in the "national interest".

In the summary judgment read today, the Court of Appeal panel explained that Najib was actively involved in ensuring that SRC International secured a RM4 billion loan from Retirement Fund Incorporated (Kwap) in 2011 and 2012.

At the time, Najib was...