Najib is shocked, Shafee cries contempt


KUALA LUMPUR: While Datuk Seri Najib Razak – who has been implicated in MACC’s exposure of audio recordings – expressed shock, his lawyer is calling for the graft busters to be held for contempt.

Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah alleged that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had committed subjudice and contempt of court by releasing recordings that implicated high-ranking officials and the former prime minister to the public.

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