Police Report Lodged Denying Claims Cj Agreed To Expedite Cases Of Najib Zahid

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Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi faces 87 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: The office of the chief registrar of the Federal Court has lodged a police report denying an allegation that the chief justice had agreed to interfere in the court cases of former prime minister Najib Razak and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The office said there was no basis to the claim that Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat had agreed to expedite the cases against the two politicians.
The report was lodged following a Facebook post yesterday by Umno veteran Shahrir Samad that leaked minutes of a PAS meeting showed that the chief justice and Attorney-General Idrus Harun had allegedly agreed to expedite the cases involving Najib and Zahid, and hand out sentencing.
The minutes were also said to have mentioned a plot to disrupt and topple Umno and Barisan Nasional.
In a statement, the office of the chief registrar said it had lodged the police report to deny allegations of “conspiracy, collusion or illegal alliances” between political leaders and the chief justice.
“The chief justice has never communicated with, and/or been contacted by, any political leaders in relation to court cases involving Dato Seri Najib bin Tun Razak and Dato Seri Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi,” said the office.
“Pending cases in court shall proceed in accordance with the law without any intervention by the chief justice or any other person.”
Stating that the allegations were aimed at “subverting the administration of justice” in Najib and Zahid’s trials, the office also said the parties behind the claims intended to tarnish the judiciary’s image and cause the public to lose faith in it.
Najib is on trial in two 1MDB-related cases related to a deposit of RM2.28 billion into his bank accounts and over amendments to a 1MDB audit report before it was tabled at the Public Accounts Committee meeting.
Zahid, meanwhile, faces 87 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering involving tens of millions of ringgit belonging to Yayasan Akalbudi.
In January, Tengku Maimun had said no individuals had approached her personally to interfere in high-profile cases pending before the courts, and that she would refuse any request to do so. - FMT

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