Daim's wife continues to claim charge is political revenge

The Star

Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin's wife Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid maintains that the charge levelled against her in court on Tuesday (Jan 23) is politically motivated.  At a press conference outside the Kuala Lumpur court complex, Na'imah said she had not committed any crime and the charge was meant to tarnish her husband and their family.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/NPW02  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [Street noise]

00:06 Let me take off my mask first.

00:08 [Street noise]

00:14 Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

00:16 I've been charged this morning with a criminal offence.

00:19 But no crime was committed by me and I will prove this in court.

00:24 The real crime is the coordinated plot to tarnish my husband's reputation

00:31 and exact political revenge and retribution against him and our family.

00:37 The real crime is the emasculation and manipulation of key national institutions

00:46 such as the MACC and the AGC as weapons in a political vendetta.

00:53 The real crime is vengefully pursuing old political rivals who hold no power now

01:00 with baseless charges whilst the economy stagnates, reforms are abandoned and the country forlorn.

01:09 But I am overwhelmed by the support we have from people,

01:14 many unknown to us for their concern and solidarity

01:18 since last night when the news broke that I would be charged.

01:22 [Street noise]

01:28 I'm not here to, I don't think this is personal information.

01:32 I would not like to share personal medical information.

01:37 Well, I just would like, you know, it's been a long day and so I just give this statement

01:43 and then after that I would like to go back to the hospital

01:47 because my husband is there and I need to be there.

01:52 [Street noise]

02:03 [Silence]

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