Charges politically motivated, rushed against me, says Najib

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Najib Razak says he is ‘extremely prejudiced’ as he could not provide justifications for the prosecution to drop the charges.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/02/charges-politically-motivated-rushed-against-me-says-najib/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NajibRazak #1MDB #Trial

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00:00Former Prime Minister Najib Razak told his 1MDB trial that the authorities had rushed

00:06to charge him with abuse of power without considering his explanation.

00:11He said the charges were politically motivated as he had not been informed that the prosecution

00:15had prepared them a month earlier.

00:18The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission took Najib's statements between May and September

00:21in 2018 as part of its investigation into the affairs of 1MDB.

00:26He was charged on September 20th of the same year.

00:30He told the High Court that the prosecution's failure to inquire into the elements of a

00:33proposed charge was a severe defect in the investigation, adding that he has the fundamental

00:38right to an honest, competent, and impartial investigation.

00:43Najib also insisted that he had no ulterior motive in tabling cabinet papers for Terengganu

00:47Investment Authority to secure a 5 billion ringgit loan.

00:51Najib, who was also the finance minister at the time, said that if he had wanted to control

00:56the PIA, he would have attached conditions for the finance minister to have controlling

01:00powers there, which he did not do so.

01:03Najib is standing trial on 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering over funds amounting

01:07to 2.28 billion ringgit, which were deposited into his Ambank accounts between February

01:122011 and December 2014.

01:16Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.

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