PKR to Najib: Explain 'sale' of secret navy document

PKR has lent its voice to a call for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to explain how a company closely linked to him was found by French prosecutors to have ‘sold’ a secret navy document to a third party, in relation to Malaysia’s purchase of two Scorpene-class submarines.

Deputy president Azmin Ali (centre in photo) pointed out that Najib was the defence minister at the time that thedocument was allegedly sold.

As such, Azmin said in a statement distributed at the party headquarters today, Najib should not allow the armed forces to take the fall for this. 

"We urge that the prime minister not take this lightly and come forward himself to explain how state secrets can be sold by his own advisor...We hope that officers are not turned into scapegoats in this matter," he said. 

He also urged the armed forces to launch an internal probe and to lodge a police report if it finds that its officers are not involved.

"The top leadership of the armed forces should lodge a police report to protect their image and credibility," he said.

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