KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been issued a stern warning by the High Court to not repeat his social media post on former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.
Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah, in his decision, said the former prime minister must not make statements relating to the trial “as if the trial is in the public domain”.
The court heard submissions from both parties arising from the prosecution’s application for Najib to be issued a warning on the matter.
“The statements that Zeti had made (in interviews) do not justify the accused in this case responding by way of his Facebook post.
KUALA LUMPUR: The defence in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial has protested over a complaint by the prosecution regarding Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Facebook post on former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.
The complaint was over Najib’s Facebook post on Dec 29 where he urged Zeti to respond to allegations that her family received more than RM100mil, said to be from 1MDB funds, from fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low.
Najib’s lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said not allowing Najib to share his thoughts on social media was akin to “a boxer being sent to the ring with both hands tied, can take punches but not being able to reply back”.