MAHATHIR CONFIRMS HE BARRED NAJIB FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY PENDING INVESTIGATIONS: INDEED, WITH HIS BILLIONS, NAJIB COULD GANG UP WITH OTHER CORRUPT BN WARLORDS TO DESTABILIZE MALAYSIA FROM ABROAD LIKE THAILAND’S THAKSIN

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has confirmed that he prevented former premier Najib Abdul Razak from leaving the country.

“It is true that I prevented Najib from leaving the country,” he said at a press conference at the Bersatu headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.

When asked if Najib was blacklisted by Immigration because of pending investigations, Mahathir replied: “There are a lot of complaints against him, all of which have to be investigated.”

“If some of the complaints are valid…We have to act quickly because we don’t want to be saddled with extradition from other countries,” he added. 

On how soon the 1MDB investigations can be launched, the prime minister said various countries need to be contacted, and numerous reports need to be sifted through. – MKINI

ACCORDING TO MALAY MAIL:

‘Apart from him and his wife, I’m not aware of any other persons’

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor show their ink-stained fingers after voting in the general election in Pekan May 9, 2018. — Reuters pic

PETALING JAYA, May 12 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today admitted that he prevented Datuk Seri Najib Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor from leaving the country.

“It is true that I prevented Najib from leaving the country.

 “Apart from him and his wife, I’m not aware of any other persons,” he said in a brief reply, when questioned. – MKINI

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