On the eve of the verdict delivery on Najib Abdul Razak’s appeal to quash his conviction in the RM42 million SRC International corruption case, the former prime minister allegedly came in contact with Covid-19 positive persons.

A letter from Najib’s lawyers to the Court of Appeal stating this also claimed that large numbers of his legal team have also either become a mixture of casual contact and close contact, and one has become a Covid-19 positive case...