The prosecution contended that Najib Abdul Razak cannot rely on Court of Appeal judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali’s alleged statement recorded by the MACC to nullify the ex-premier’s conviction in the RM42 million SRC International corruption case.

In an affidavit to oppose Najib’s nullification bid, deputy public prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul contended that any such MACC-recorded statement would be under the Official Secrets Act 1972 and thus cannot be obtained or published by the ex-prime minister.

Nazlan was the...