PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is suing PKR information chief Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin for defamation after the latter failed to respond to a letter of demand from his lawyer.
Najib said he had instructed his lawyer to file the suit in court following Shamsul Iskandar's failure to retract, correct and apologise for claiming that Najib had stolen RM2.6bil in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds to support his lifestyle.
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