New 'Man On The Run' documentary contempt of court, High Court told

The Star

The Netflix documentary "Man On The Run" which focuses on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal became a hot topic at Datuk Seri Najib Razak's corruption trial on Monday (Jan 8).  The documentary was raised when the defence demanded for the "contemptuous" show to be taken off the streaming platform.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/PQTXY  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The Netflix documentary Man on the Run, which focuses on the One Malaysia development bar

00:07 heart scandal, was a hot topic at Dr Sri Najib Razak's corruption trial on Monday.

00:13 The documentary was raised when the defence demanded for the contemptuous show to be taken

00:17 off the streaming platform.

00:20 At the outset of the trial, Najib's lead counsel, Tan Sri Mahmood Shafi Abdullah, said to High

00:25 Court Judge Justice Colin Lawrence-Sakira that the documentary was "subjudice" and

00:30 "contempt of court".

00:32 The show first aired in cinema in Singapore and was released on Netflix last Friday, featuring

00:37 interviews with politicians and personalities like former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy

00:42 Thomas and Prime Minister Dato Sri Anwar Ibrahim.

00:47 The documentary also featured interviews with Najib, former Damansara MP Tony Puan, whistleblower

00:53 Xavier Andre Justo and Sarawak Report editor Claire Rue Castle-Brown, among others.

00:59 Mahmood Shafi said Najib instructed him to file contempt proceedings against Thomas and

01:05 file a legal action against Rue Castle-Brown over their statements in the documentary.

01:10 He said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and the Home Ministry have the

01:15 authority to take the documentary off the air.

01:18 The hearing continues.

01:19 [laughter]

01:23 [silence]

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