KUALA LUMPUR: A journalist told the High Court she processed a statement from prominent lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pic) in which he claimed to have received RM9.5mil from Datuk Seri Najib Razak as legal fees for handling Barisan Nasional election petition cases.
Lim Lee Ting, 32, a senior correspondent with Malay Mail, testified that she received the press statement – titled “Press Statement of Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah Pertaining to the RM9.5 Million” – in PDF format through WhatsApp from Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee at 4.20pm on Sept 8,2018.
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