<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): The High Court has refused to grant former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak a stay of his conviction and sentence in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>High Court judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin denied the request after hearing submissions from Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and deputy public prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Najib’s application failed to satisfy the special circumstances test required under Section 57 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 and Section 311 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the judge said.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Further, the magnitude of the fines does not warrant a stay.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><em><strong>More to come</strong></em></p></div>

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