Najib abandons legal action against 1MDB – Nation investigators



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KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak withdrew his lawsuit against the first three investigators of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

Attorney General Tommy Thomas, Head of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Mohd Shukri Abdull and Director of the Commercial Crime Investigations Division Comm Datuk Seri Amar Singh Ishar Singh

contacted, lawyer Najib Badrul Hisham Abdullah confirmed the withdrawal of original invocation.

The move, he said, was based on the grounds that the trial was filed before Najib was charged to the Supreme Court with three counts of criminal breach of trust and a charge of abuse. to be able to.

"We have to realign the case because the scenario has changed," he said yesterday.

On June 30, Najib brought a separate action against the three individuals.

In his lawsuit against Thomas, Najib stated that the first had written an article entitled Grand Larceny in 1MDB in July 2016 that was published on the Malaysiakini news portal.

He claimed that Thomas' article had concluded that he had taken 1MDB money.

Najib stated that Thomas' position against him was obvious in the article and Thomas should not have been involved in the investigation.

In his summons against Mohd Shukri, Najib claimed that the MACC leader had prematurely concluded that he had taken RM42mil and RM2.6bil from SRC International Sdn Bhd.

Najib said that the press conference was conducted before he was summoned by MACC He stated that the statement made by Mohd Shukri at the press conference was emotionally and emotionally charged. revenge.

In an affidavit in support of his subpoena against Comm Amar Singh, Najib said that responsible for leading the police raid on the premises of his children at Pavilion Residence and another loaned by a friend to store items transferred from his official residence to Seri Perdana.

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