New charges against Najib nothing to do with 1MDB, Equanimity, says lawyer


KUALA LUMPUR: The additional charges faced by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak are not related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case or the arrival of the superyacht Equanimity, says his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

“I want to stress it has nothing to do with 1MDB,” he told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex lobby on Wednesday (Aug 8).

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