Umno lawyers preparing lawsuit against WSJ publishers


PETALING JAYA: Umno lawyers are in the midst of preparing their case against Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), over its report implicating Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in an alleged RM2.6bil money trail before filing a suit in the United States.

It is reliably learnt that the lawyers are also consulting New York-based lawyers who specialise in defamation cases.

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