Kassim Noor Mohamed, Malay Mail Online
I refer to the Malaysian Bar Council’s media statement on April 3 and the joint statement by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) as well as Gabungan Tindak Balas Malaysia (GBM) on April 11.
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Najib Razak alleges Mahathir Mohamad had a hand in destroying the judiciary, starting with the suspension of Lord President Salleh Abas and Supreme Court judges in 1988. (Photo collage: FMT)
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has laughed off Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s claim that the latter had not interfered in the country’s judiciary, and given his own version of what had happened when Umno was deregistered in 1988.
“Ha..ha..ha! For Mahathir to say Umno’s deregistration was proof that he never interfered in the judiciary has to be the biggest lie in the Malaysian judiciary’s history,” Najib told FMT.