Najib Abdul Razak is seeking to appoint a Queen’s Counsel from the United Kingdom to act on his behalf in his appeal to quash his conviction in the RM42 million SRC International corruption case.

The former prime minister’s legal team informed the apex court of this during case management of his appeal before the court’s registry this morning.

Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul, who appeared for the prosecution, confirmed that defence lawyers from law firm Shafee and Co conveyed this to the Federal Court today.