The Court of Appeal needs to confirm whether it allowed a stay on Najib Abdul Razak’s conviction over the RM42 million SRC International corruption case, urged a lawyer.

Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla (above) today said the clarification is needed because any stay order on the conviction could arguably still allow the former prime minister to qualify as a candidate for any general election, should one be called while the appeal is still ongoing at the Federal Court.

Yesterday, it was reported that following the Court of Appeal dismissing Najib’s appeal to quash his conviction and sentencing in the RM42 million SRC case, the three-person bench also allowed the defence team’s application...