UN no power to compel M’sian courts over Najib’s jailing: Legal experts

The United Nations (UN) has no authority to force Malaysian courts to release former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak from serving his 12-year jail sentence, according to law experts.

Veteran lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla told Malaysiakini that the international body abides by the policy of non-interference in the affairs of any sovereign states.

“Generally speaking, international bodies cannot...