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 PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has lost in his final attempt to overturn the 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine for misappropriation of SRC International funds. Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ruled the former prime minister had failed to show how the findings of the lower courts were perverse and needed the intervention of the Apex Court. She said the decisions of the High Court and Court of Appeal were correct. Tengku Maimun said the sentences were also not manifestly excessive. "She then ordered the commital order to be issued. The ruling means Najib, 69, would be taken to prison to serve out his jail sentence. Present in court to hear the outcome were Najib's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and family members. Also present was Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The other judges on the panel were the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Datuk P Nallini, Datuk Mary Lim Thiam Suan and Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mo