Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak was not allowed to intervene in former police commando Azilah Hadri’s application to review his conviction and death sentence for the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.

A five-person Federal Court bench chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Azahar Mohamed unanimously dismissed the intervener application during open-court proceedings today.

The other members of the bench were Federal Court judges Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Zaleha Yusof and Zabariah Mohd Yusof.

The bench allowed Najib's counsel...