KUALA LUMPUR: Jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has submitted a petition to the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) seeking a release from prison or retrial of his SRC International case.

His counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the petition titled “Datuk Seri Najib Razak vs Malaysia” was sent to UNWGAD in Geneva yesterday.