KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 -- Datuk Seri Najib Razak has expressed happiness over the discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in his final criminal case involving SRC International Sdn Bhd funds amounting to RM27 million, despite still being incarcerated.

Najib's lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah conveyed this to reporters when asked about the former's reaction to the latest development in court this morning.

"He is happy simply because there are not too many cases hanging over his head. He has been asking for a DNAA for some time.

"Now he can concentrate on the 1MDB case," Muhammad Shafee said at a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here.

A DNAA means an accused person can face trial for the same charges in th...