NAJIB Razak today said he did not take medical leave from court to attend nomination in Tg Piai yesterday, after a minister took to Twitter to question the former prime minister’s priorities .

Najib said he was able to go to Johor not because he took medical leave but because the court was closed on weekends.

“I was on MC on Thursday. I was not on MC on Friday but there are no court proceedings on Friday. The nomination was on Saturday. When has there ever been court proceedings on Saturday?” he wrote on Facebook.

“Is it so difficult to understand, Lid?” Najib said, referring to Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad, who had called the court to evaluate Najib’s behaviour after the latter asked to be excused from attending court on Thursday because of an eye infection but was spotted in Tg Piai yesterday.

“Is the nomination of the BN candidate more important than attending court proceedings?  Is court a small matter that is not important? The nomination of candidates will go on even if he 
(Najib) is not present. But his absence from court will stall trial proceedings. I hope the court  will evaluate Najib’s behaviour,” Khalid wrote.

In a separate post, Najib uploaded photos of his medical certificate for Thursday, reiterating that his leave was only for one day and not two days as claimed by some critics.

He said Pakatan Harapan supporters had even asked the police to investigate because he was not at home on Friday.

“The trial for the SRC International case was held for 78 days, and the 1MDB trial for 28 days now –  that’s at least 106 days all together.

“I have only taken three days of MC out of the 106 days because of my eye problems but this disturbs PH supporters so much that they had to lodge a police report,” Najib said. 

In Tg Piai yesterday, Najib performed Friday prayers at Masjid As Syakirin in Kg Sg Kuali before attending a closed-door meeting with Umno leaders in the constituency. – November 3, 2019.