Najib defends stepson’s movie loan


PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the High Court that his stepson Riza Aziz made Hollywood movies with “clean money” that came to him as a loan from an Abu Dhabi-based fund.

The former prime minister said Riza Aziz, whose full name is Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz, accepted the money from Aabar Investments PJS because it was a “straightforward loan”.

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