Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is putting emphasis on the conversation transcript between fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho and Ambank in defence of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak in his SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, suggested that there would be “trouble” if the prosecution is unable to produce the document.
Speaking to journalists after the fourth day of the trial at the Kuala Lumpur court complex today, Shafee said the transcript was a vital piece of evidence for the defence team.
“It is a very important matter. If they (the prosecution) are trying to hide it, then it would be the end of them. They cannot hide it as it has been raised everywhere including by The Wall Street Journal and Sarawak Report.
“If it has gone missing, there would be big trouble,” he told journalists.
The prosecution has accused Shafee’s team of going on a “fishing expedition” but the defence team argued that it was up to the court to determine the relevance of the transcript after it was produced.
For years, Najib’s lawyer has claimed that everything written by Sarawak Report has been lies and ‘false news’, not to be given credence by anybody.
Najib used these grounds to ban the site.
Now however, we have the self-same lawyer relying on a false claim that Sarawak Report had access to emails by Jho Low to do with discussions with AmBank, claiming that if the prosecution cannot produce such emails there will be “trouble”.
Shafee has made this claim a number of times, so Sarawak Report must make clear we have never had access to the particular emails he is referring to, which appear to be linked to a story by the Wall Street Journal. Any reference by Sarawak Report to this particular matter relating to Jho Low’s communications with AmBank staff would have been secondary reporting, referencing the Wall Street Journal.
Meanwhile, we find it ironic that after years of vilifying SR as a liar, forger and paid agent of Najib’s opponents, his lawyers are now relying on a bogus claim about something we never wrote to attempt to get their client off the hook.