Ad hoc prosecutor V Sithambaram says there is no evidence whatsoever that Najib Razak ever acted to protect and preserve the interests of SRC International.

The five-man bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat says Hisyam Teh Poh Teik failed to disclose adequate cause.

Hisyam Teh Poh Teik says he needs more time as he is not prepared.

This is the former prime minister's last avenue to quash his conviction and sentence for the misappropriation of RM42 million belonging to SRC International.

A five-man Federal Court bench has dismissed his application to postpone the hearing of his appeal.

Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat says the evidence in question is irrelevant to the case against him.

Ad hoc prosecutor V Sithambaram says the alleged evidence was available to Najib Razak at the time of the trial and is not relevant to the appeals before the Federal Court.

Hisyam Teh Poh Teik says that as a former long-term employee of Maybank, Nazlan’s previous conduct might give grounds for a reasonable person to believe that he could not act with an objective mind.

The four other judges sitting with Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat are Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Federal Court judges Nallini Pathmanathan, Mary Lim Thiam Suan and Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah.

The Federal Court will first hear his application to adduce new evidence and, if this fails, proceed with the hearing of his appeal against his conviction and sentence.

The former prime minister's new legal team also says they were not motivated by money in agreeing to represent him in his final SRC International appeal.

They say they need more time to prepare as it is not an ordinary appeal.