KUALA LUMPUR – The charges faced by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak cannot be compared with an ordinary sodomy charge, said Datuk Sulaiman Abdullah.
The lead prosecutor in Najib’s criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering charges said the trial will depend heavily on documents.
“We have got an enormous amount of documents. You cannot compare an ordinary sodomy case with a situation where an accused is charged with ‘sodomising’ the entire nation.
“We haven’t charged a former prime minister before, nor for that amount of money involved. It all depends on bank transfers, documents, documents and documents,” he told reporters after Najib’s case mention at the High Court here on Thursday (Oct 4).
The case mention earlier erupted into a war of words between Sulaiman and Najib’s lead counsel Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah after the latter raised an issue where the documents served were in a CD and not in hard copy.
Dr Muhammad Shafee also said the documents in the CD could not be read, and that he had offered to foot the cost for the hard copy of the documents.
“There is nothing sinister about us. What we can do, we do.
“This government has no money, thanks to his client, and on top of it, they want to cause more expense to the nation,” Sulaiman.
During the case mention, Sulaiman also objected to an application by Dr Muhammad Shafee for Sulaiman to produce his letter of appointment by the Attorney General’s Chambers.
“The whole idea in having a legal profession is everybody trusts each other, interact with each other on the basis of civility.
“I’m not asking him to produce his (Dr Muhammad Shafee) practising certificate. Next thing he will ask for the judge to produce his appointment letter,” Sulaiman said. – ANN
Najib back in court, not for wife but own charges
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KUALA LUMPUR — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak returned to the Court Complex here at 8.40am today, but not to provide support for his wife who is expected to be charged with money laundering.
The Pekan MP, who has claimed trial to a total of 32 charges of criminal breach of trust, power abuses and money laundering, is attending a court mention of the cases dealing with a RM42 million sum belonging to former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) unit SRC International Sdn Bhd in a separate courtroom.
He arrived in a black Proton Perdana just minutes after his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor reached in a black Toyota Vellfire.
Dressed in a dark blue suit, shirt and blue tie, Najib stopped to shake the hands of journalists present at the lobby before being escorted towards the lift lobby by a large number of police officers.
Najib, 65, is the first former prime minister in the country to have been indicted in a court of law.
He was first charged in July with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one charge for abuse of power involving RM42 million allegedly funnelled to his private bank account from SRC International.
Last month, Najib was charged again with three counts of money laundering amounting to RM42 million under Section 4 (1)(b) of Anti-Money Laundering Act, Anti-Terrorism Financing Act and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act (Amla) 2001.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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