It’s better for Najib and his lawyer to admit that it’s not possible to sue WSJ since it’s a fact that RM2.6 billion did enter the former’s personal accounts and many have proudly admitted being beneficiaries.
KUALA LUMPUR: Every time that Tuesday comes around, ever since the first Tuesday that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak swore that he would go after Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in Court for defaming him, a new excuse is trotted out every week to further delay legal action against the newspaper, noted a political analyst in his latest blog posting. “Isn’t it better for Najib and his lawyer to admit that it’s not possible to sue the WSJ since it’s a fact that RM2.6 billion did enter the former’s personal accounts, as reported by the newspaper, and this fact is widely known to the people and the world?”
“So, what’s there to sue?”
In fact, said Shahbudin Husin the analyst, many people have proudly acknowledged that they have been recipients of the RM2.6 billion. “It’s no use thinking that the people don’t know what’s going on. Even the ‘makcik Felda and pakcik kedai kopi’ in the kampung know what’s going on especially on the RM2.6 billion political ‘donation’ controversy. Even they have smartphones these days.”
“Enough lah!”
The latest excuse trotted out by Najib’s lawyer, said the analyst, is that the Prime Minister cannot expect much damages if he sues the newspaper in the US, while in Malaysia, it might invoke the Speech Act (Securing The Protection Of Our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage). The Speech Act is an American Act that prohibits foreign judgments on defamation being enforced in the United States.
“Is the Prime Minister so penniless that he expects a big compensation when filing a lawsuit against the American newspaper?” asked the analyst. “Isn’t the RM2.6 billion political ‘donation’ enough?”
In fact, before discussing the quantum of damages that Najib is set to collect, said Shahbudin, his lawyer should state whether he’s confident of winning the case which involves the RM2.6 billion entering his personal accounts. “So, it seems that nothing is certain. Najib hasn’t decided to make good on his public pledge, made several Tuesdays ago, that he will go after the American newspaper in Court.”
“Hence, excuses and new dramas are being scripted when every Tuesday comes around to explain why Najib has still not filed his lawsuit against the WSJ.”
The idea, said the analyst, seems to be to prepare public opinion for accepting Najib’s final excuse and drama that it’s not possible to pursue the idea of suing the WSJ on specific grounds ranging over the various excuses given out over several Tuesdays. “In fact, the end game was already known from the beginning.”
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