1MDB trial: Najib holds no grudges against those who committed ‘injustice’ against him

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Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the High Court that he held no grudges against those who committed "injustice" towards him in the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.  The former prime minister said in his testimony on Friday (Dec 13) that he would not "exact revenge" as it was not his character to do such a thing.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/sh7ny4mm  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Datuk Siri Najib Razak told the High Court on Friday that he held no grudges against

00:07those who committed injustice towards him in the 2.28 billion ringgit 1MDB case.

00:13The former Prime Minister said in his testimony that he would not exact revenge as it was

00:18not his character to do such a thing.

00:21He however named his accusers, which included prosecution witnesses Datuk Amhari Effendi

00:27Nazaruddin, Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, Jasmine Lu, Muhammad Hazem Abdul Rahman, Azmi

00:34Tahir, Tansri Ismi Ismail, Tansri Muhammad Baqir Saleh, Tansri Dr. Zeyti Akhtar Aziz,

00:42Datuk Siti Zawiyah Muhammad Desa, and Datuk Siri Muhammad Husni Hanazlah.

00:48Najib claimed the individuals had, in their desperate attempt to save themselves, made

00:53lies upon lies to implicate him.

00:56He added that they live freely without any legal repercussions nor remorse by only giving

01:00their testimonies to the court to implicate him and put him in the midst of the offences

01:06they had clearly committed.

01:08Najib was reading parts of his additional 147-page witness statement in Malay, a change

01:13in language after having read his main witness statement entirely in English.

01:19The hearing continues before Justice Colin Lawrence Sequeira on January 6 next year.

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