Ex-AG Thomas to challenge Najib’s testimony in libel suit
The High Court has allowed former attorney-general Tommy Thomas to challenge portions of Najib Razak’s witness statement in the former prime minister’s ongoing defamation suit against him.
Justice Khadijah Idris also directed Thomas’s counsel, Alan Adrian Gomez, to formally file his client’s objections.
The court fixed Sept 19 to hear oral submissions from both parties, with a ruling on the objections to follow.
Gomez raised his objections during lawyer Shafee Abdullah’s examination-in-chief of Najib at the trial this morning.
Shafee’s line of questioning had centred on the late private investigator P Balasubramaniam, also known as PI Bala, who testified in the murder trial of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Balasubramaniam entered the spotlight when he linked Najib to Altantuya’s murder in a…
