KUALA LUMPUR: Here is a timeline of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International Case.
July 4, 2018 - Najib is charged in the Sessions Court with three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and one charge of abusing his position over SRC funds totalling RM42million.
Aug 8, 2018 - Najib is charged at the High Court with three counts of money laundering involving the same funds (RM42 million of SRC funds) believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities.
April 3, 2019 - Najib's trial begins after the then High Court judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
Aug 27, 2019 - The prosecution closes its case after 58 days of trial involving 57 witnesses.
Nov 11, 2019 - The High Court orders Najib to enter his defence on all seven charges after finding elements of power abuse, dishonesty and money laundering were proven by the prosecution.
Dec 3, 2019 - Najib takes the witness stand at the High Court as the first defence witness to answer charges against him.
March 11, 2020 - After 33 days of hearing and calling 19 witnesses, the defence closes its case.
July 28, 2020 - Najib was to 12 years in jail and fined RM210mil after High Court found him guilty on all seven charges.
Oct 19, 2020 - Najib files a petition of appeal which contains 307 grounds of appeal on why he should be freed of the charges.
April 5, 2021 - Najib's SRC appeal hearing starts at the Court of Appeal.
Dec 2, 2021 - Najib files a last-minute application at the Appellate Court to allow new evidence including from Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki to be adduced in his appeal.
Dec 8, 2021 - The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's decision and dismissed Najib's appeal to set aside his conviction and jail sentence in the SRC case.
Jan 7, 2022 - Najib is seeking the Federal Court to hear first his appeal to adduce new evidence in the SRC case.
Jan 25, 2022 - Law firm Messrs Shafee & Co submits a six-page letter to the secretariat of Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat on Najib's intention to appoint a Queen's Counsel from the UK to assist the former premier in complex issues and legal questions in his appeal at the Federal Court.
March 2, 2022 - The Federal Court rejects Najib's application to vacate the appeal hearing dates on new evidence, which is scheduled on March 15 and 16.
April 25, 2022 - Najib files a petition of appeal and submits 94 grounds in his petition of appeal on why he should be freed of the SRC-related charges.
May 31, 2022 - Jonathan Laidlaw, a Queen's Counsel from the United Kingdom files the notice of originating motion to represent Najib in the case.
June 7, 2022 - Najib files an application to adduce further evidence to the Federal Court to nullify the entire trial.
June 13, 2022 - The prosecution files an affidavit objecting to Laidlaw's application to represent Najib in his final appeal.
July 21, 2022 - The High Court rejects an application for Laidlaw to represent Najib in his final appeal.
July 26, 2022 - Najib discharges with immediate effect Messrs Shafee & Co from representing him in his final appeal and appoints lawyer Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik as his new lead counsel.
Aug 15, 2022 - The Federal Court allows the defence's application to amend Najib's notice of motion to adduce new evidence in his final appeal.
Aug 16, 2022 - Najib fails in his bid to adduce new evidence.
Aug 16, 2022 - The Federal Court dismissed Najib's application to postpone the hearing of his SRC International appeal and fixed Aug 18 to hear the appeal.
Aug 18, 2022 - The Federal Court begins hearing Najib's final appeal.
Aug 18, 2022 - The Federal Court dismisses Hisyam's application to recuse himself from representing Najib.
Aug 19, 2022 - Najib discharges his solicitors, Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew & Partners (ZIST), from representing him.
Aug 23, 2022 - Najib seeks to recuse Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat from hearing his appeal, but the application was dismissed.
Aug 23, 2022 - Senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah fails to adjourn submissions on Tengku Maimun's recusal bid.
Aug 23, 2022 - Federal Court's five-member bench upholds Najib's conviction, jail sentence and fine for misappropriating RM42mil of SRC International funds.