Immediately after former premier Najib Abdul Razak was found guilty on all seven charges of misappropriating RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd, his defence team requested for the mitigation to be heard next Monday.

Najib's senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (above, right) made the request to presiding High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali as he would call one or two witnesses to support the mitigation....