Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak dismissed suggestions of a formal meeting to plot the siphoning of billions from 1MDB, claiming the event was an informal afternoon tea aboard a yacht with family and friends during a private vacation in France in 2009.
KUALA LUMPUR - It was absurd to suggest that family and friends would be present during a meeting to plot siphoning billions from 1Malaysia Development Bhd , former prime minister Najib Razak told Malaysia’s High Court on Dec 3.
“You can immediately visualise from my group membership that it was meant to be a private holiday, to begin with.” Najib, however, said it was not surprising for him to see Low as he was known for his well-established connections with Middle Eastern royalty. “The suggestion that we were plotting anything underhanded while my family and friends were present is absurd and unnatural,” he said.
“Isn’t he lucky that I am the accused person? Because if I were not the former prime minister and finance minister, I truly believe the stand he would be occupying wouldn’t be the witness stand but the dock,” Najib said in his 525-page witness statement on Dec 4.
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