KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Seri Najib Razak is expected to file contempt action against former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas over the latter’s allegations in his memoir, My Story: Justice in the Wilderness, which allegedly implicates the former prime minister in the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Najib’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, told reporters today that a contempt application will most likely be filed this week.
“My client has not been implicated at all throughout the (Altantuya) case, which had been decided upon up to the Federal Court level. His (Thomas) words are seen as scandalising the court.
“The defamation suit is definite, the contempt application is 98% completed and we are filing it this week. We have to give him (Thomas) a show-cause first,” Shafee told the press after the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial at the Kuala Lumpur High Court here today.
On February 2, Najib, in a letter of demand (LOD) sent through his solicitor, Messrs Shafee & Co, demanded an apology and RM10 million in damages from Thomas over allegations against him in the book.
The letter states that, by clear inference and innuendo, Thomas conveyed the message that he, as the then attorney-general and public prosecutor, was satisfied with the truthfulness of the allegations by two convicted persons that Najib was involved in directing them to murder Altantuya.
However, Thomas, in a response to the LOD on February 5, denied defaming Najib. – Bernama, February 16, 2021
