Najib: I didn’t ask Tong to leave for suggesting Jho Low be charged


PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has denied showing The Edge Media Group chairman Tan Sri Tong Kooi Ong the door for suggesting that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho be prosecuted for his role in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

Najib, 71, admitted during cross-examination by DPP Mohamad Mustaffa P. Kunyalam at the RM2.28bil 1MDB trial at the High Court here yesterday that the meeting between them did take place on March 6, 2015.

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