The Court of Appeal’s dismissal of Najib Abdul Razak’s appeal today has exonerated the trial judge who convicted and sentenced the former prime minister in the RM42 million SRC International corruption case, a deputy public prosecutor (DPP) said.

V Sithambaram, who leads the prosecution in today’s matter, said the decision by the three-person Court of Appeal bench showed that High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali's decision was in accordance with the law and not any other impugned motives.