Najib 'disappointed' with court’s national embarrassment remark, says he created wealth for Malaysia as PM

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Najib 'disappointed' with appeal court’s national embarrassment remark, says he created wealth for Malaysia as PM

when upholding his corruption conviction.

“And as you know during my tenure as prime minister, as just an example, the total assets of the country under my watch grew from RM800 million to RM2 trillion. Therefore I created a lot of wealth for the country,” he said. “If you put that into context, isn’t that a much more colossal loss?” he said, alluding to the foreign exchange trading losses incurred by Bank Negara Malaysia in the early 1990s when Dr Mahathir Mohamad was serving as Malaysia’s fourth prime minister.Najib’s attempt to present new evidence in SRC appeal dismissed; verdict to be delivered on Wednesday

"There is no national interest here, only national embarrassment," he told the court in the administrative capital Putrajaya, AFP reported.allowed Najib’s application for a stay of execution of the sentence pending appeal to the Federal Court.“The central issue with respect to the SRC case revolves around the RM42 million that was transferred to my personal account.”

His lead counsel Muhammad Shafee also expressed his disappointment with the Court of Appeal’s decision, adding that he found the “national embarrassment” remark unnecessary. “There are altogether 40 areas of concern that we will raise to the Federal Court,” Muhammad Shafee said.When asked about how the appeal court’s judgment would affect his election chances, the Member of Parliament for the Pahang constituency of Pekan said he would cross that bridge when he comes to it.

 

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One Cuckoo boss.

Yes, he created a lot of wealth for his own pocket!

Y disappointed......u r not guilty is it.

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