KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is considering a contempt action against former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas over the latter s tell-all book.
The former prime minister s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah told the press that a contempt application would most probably be filed this week. The defamation suit is definite, the contempt application will (most probably) be filed this week. We have to give him (Thomas) a show-cause first, he said outside the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here after the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial on Tuesday (Feb 16).
On Feb 2, Najib had earlier sent Thomas a letter of demand (LOD) demanding an apology and RM10mil in damages over allegations against him contained in the book entitled My Story: Justice in the Wilderness .
Datuk Seri Najib Razak is appealing the High Court’s rejection of his application to recuse former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in four of the former premier's trials related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is expected to file contempt action against former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thoma.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said he may initiate contempt proceedings against former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas for statements in his memoir “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness” implicating his client former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Shafee said he is “98% sure” that he will initiate proceedings against Thomas, and will need to send a show-cause letter to the lawyer.
He said he is seeking to take two courses of legal action against Thomas based on the remarks besides citing him for contempt, he is also filing a suit for defamation.