1MDB trial: Najib 'extremely disappointed' with High Court ruling

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Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak is "extremely disappointed" with the prima facie ruling from the High Court that requires him to enter his defence in the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5ahcvvme  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The court has found that the prosecution has proven a prima facie case in respect of all

00:12the charges, in respect of all 25 charges.

00:16If you were to ask me what do we feel, we feel extremely disappointed.

00:24My client feels extremely disappointed because we have put up arguments that we thought

00:32would minimum require a serious consideration, that's number one.

00:40Number two, we feel that a lot of the evidence that has been considered by the judge, hearsay,

00:49this is probably one of the rare or if not the only case where hearsay evidence is taken

00:57wholesale.

00:58Everything that was said was taken wholesale.

01:02Now without going into very much detail, I have of course, we are going to prepare for

01:09the defence, we'll have to take the judgement and respect the judgement, but I'm just so

01:15surprised that this is probably the only case that I've ever had where at this stage, I

01:25don't even win on a single point, not a shred of cotton that I want, forget about the clothes,

01:34not even a shred of cotton I want in this particular holding.

01:39But we are not giving up, we are going to fight this case and we are more determined

01:44because of the decision today.

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