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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Former Malaysia premier Najib Razak says he is lucky that the Internal Security Act (ISA) has been abolished and that he has not been charged with sodomy pending trial on the 1MDB-linked charges he faces.
"It is very clear that the Pakatan Harapan government is using all the power in the government, agencies and media to influence the people's thoughts to tarnish my name even though the 1MDB case is awaiting trial in court," Najib wrote in a statement posted on Facebook on Sunday (Nov 25) night.
Najib has been charged with money laundering, criminal breach of trust and abusing his position over claims that he pocketed money from SRC International, a subsidiary of state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). He now faces a total of 38 graft-related charges.
Najib has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to those charges and his trial is due to start next year.
"I am lucky that the ISA has been abolished and I have not yet been charged with a sodomy case," he said in comments seen as a sarcastic jibe at the previous sodomy conviction of former deputy prime minister and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president Anwar Ibrahim.
He made the comments in a statement posted on Facebook after the revelation by Auditor-General Madinah Mohamad that the original audit report on 1MDB had been altered.
In his statement, Najib addressed the claims by Tan Sri Madinah that several amendments had been made in the final audit report in 2016, including the removal of a paragraph mentioning fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho's attendance at a 1MDB board meeting.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...-lucky-that-he-hasnt-been-charged-with-sodomy
