Najib not getting special treatment, says Shafee


Noel Achariam

Jailed former prime minister Najib Razak's lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah says his client did not receive any special treatment in hospital, court or prison. – September 26, 2022.

JAILED former prime minister Najib Razak is not getting any special treatment in hospital, court or prison, his lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said. 

He rubbished claims that Najib was accorded any special treatment during his incarceration while serving a 12 year jail sentence in Kajang Prison. 

“No, he is not given special treatment. They don’t even give him a room here (High Court) to sit down and eat.”

“He also just got a normal room in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL). My room in IJN (National Heart Institute) is better”

“Bullshit, total nonsense,” he told the media at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today during a break in Najib’s RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial today.

Shafee was commenting on claims that Najib was getting special treatment. 

Social media was abuzz last week with claims that Najib had been given preferential treatment after he was sent to Cheras Rehabilitation Centre (CRH). 

The Prison Department released a statement confirming Najib was sent to CRH.

The statement came three days after allegations were spread on social media that Najib who was codenamed “Merpati” in a viral social media post was receiving special treatment in jail.

He had been moved from the HKL to the Cheras rehabilitation centre as it boosted better facilities.

On the transfer to CRH, Shafee said that Najib has certain medical condition that requires him to do physiotherapy.

“He has to undergo physiotherapy. It may be related to his existing conditions. He has a knee problem and went for a major operation for it when he was prime minister.

“That’s why he was recommended to go there (CRH). Of course in HKL he was undergoing physiotherapy but it was not adequate.”

Shafee said that Najib’s ulcer is also serious, so they are monitoring his food and he has also lost weight. 

“What’s so special, I don’t understand. Maybe his food because of the ulcer but nothing else. They cannot give him oily food or spicy food. There is also no outside food.” – September 26, 2022.
 


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  • From which magic wardrobe is Najib getting his daily change of freshly pressed shirts and suits?
    Does every prisoner have one?
    The stench of the BS is overwhelming, and I'm afraid it's wafting over from a certain (not-so hotshot after all) lawyer.

    Posted 1 year ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • As if you'd admit it if 'merpati' was given special treatment

    Posted 1 year ago by Joe nuts · Reply

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