Najib contemplated taking action against The Edge, court hears


Hailey Chung Wee Kye

The Kuala Lumpur High Court is told that Najib Razak was looking at taking action against The Edge after the newspaper carried several reports attacking 1MDB. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 18, 2021.

FORMER prime minister Najib Razak contemplated taking action against The Edge after the newspaper carried several reports attacking 1Malaysia Development Berhad over its acquisition of power plants and initial public offering (IPO) plans, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today.

Former 1MDB chief financial officer Azmi Tahir, who is the 12th prosecution witness in Najib’s RM2.3 billion 1MDB corruption trial, told the court he had to compile and research the negative news reports.


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