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Najib ‘1MDB’ Razak apologises and expects to get off scot free? Are Malaysians morons?
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24, 2024: Disgraced and former prime minister, Najib “1MDB” Razak, today apologised unreservedly for the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial fiasco.
And he attempted to seek public sympathy by saying that since he had already been punished politically over the affair, he “should not be victimised legally too”.
Is he serious? Is that the way the law acts after a crime is committed? What garbage is the kleptocrat former Umno president spewing?
> HAS the jailbird showed any remorse for the 1MDB multi-billion-ringgit financial scandal?
> HAS he returned his ill-gotten gains to the rakyat dan negara (people and country)?
> HAS he even tried to help the Government to recovere the 1MDB loot? and
> DOES the national thief know what are his accountability and responsiblity as prime minister and the man in control of 1MDB, the so-called Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).
So, by apologising, does Najib expect Malaysians to forgive him, let him go off scot free and enjoy his wealth?
Also, has he and his family members settled their dues with the Inland Revenue Board (IRB or LHDN in Bahasa Malaysia)?
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And now, the Umno kleptocrat leader wants to play the victim and hope to be freed the backdoor way, i.e house arrest?
No News Is Bad News reproduces below two news reports on Najib’s shameless apology:
Najib apologises unreservedly for 1MDB fiasco
-24 Oct 2024, 04:38 PM
The former prime minister says it ‘pains him every day’ that the scandal occurred.
Former prime minister Najib Razak said he has reflected on the scandal over the past 26 months.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Najib Razak has apologised to Malaysians over the 1MDB fiasco, which has led to his incarceration.
Najib said he has reflected on the scandal, which US authorities had dubbed the largest kleptocracy ever, over the past 26 months.
“It pains me every day that the 1MDB debacle happened when I was the prime minister and finance minister, and I would like to apologise unreservedly,” he said in a statement that was read by his son, Nizar, at the lobby of the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex.
Najib denied being the mastermind or collaborating with fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, in the scheme.
“I am still in deep shock knowing now the extent of the wretched and unconscionable shenanigans and illegal things that happened in 1MDB.”
Najib said he has already been punished politically over the affair and added that he “should not be victimised legally, too”.
“Being held legally responsible for the things that I did not initiate or knowingly enable is unfair to me and I hope and pray that the judicial process will, in the end, prove my innocence.”
Nizar did not field any questions after reading out his father’s statement.
Four criminal trials, 42 charges
Najib has been slapped with a total of 42 charges in several trials linked to 1MDB.
He is currently serving a reduced six-year sentence following a pardon, after he was convicted of misappropriating RM42 million in funds belonging to SRC International.
Najib admitted that he ought to have acted differently when various parties began to question what was happening at 1MDB.
While he did initiate various investigations, the former Pekan MP said he was inclined to believe explanations given by the board and management of the sovereign wealth fund.
“When I became suspicious about what was actually transpiring at 1MDB, my immediate concerns were its financial predicaments and the risk it posed to diplomatic and bilateral relations at the highest level.”
Najib’s apology comes six days before the High Court decides whether he is to enter his defence in the 1MDB corruption case that started five years ago.
Najib apologises for 1MDB scandal
Najib said that since he had already been punished politically over the affair, he “should not be victimised legally too”.
Updated 5 seconds ago · Published on 24 Oct 2024 5:27PM
FORMER Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has issued an apology for all that transpired during the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) financial scandal.
However, he asserted his innocence, claiming he was deceived by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) and his associates.
Najib said he had reflected on the scandal, which US authorities had dubbed the largest kleptocracy, over the past 26 months.
“It pains me every day to know that the 1MDB debacle happened under my watch as finance minister and prime minister.
“For that, I would like to apologise unreservedly to the nation,” he said in a statement read out by his eldest son Datuk Mohamad Nizar at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.
Najib also said recent events, including the court hearing, clearly showed he was not the mastermind.
He also maintained that he honestly believed that the funds received were from Saudi Arabia, and not misappropriated from the strategic state development fund.
"The recent court hearings and conviction of the PetroSaudi executives in the Switzerland courts as well as the recent article by The Edge, based on their analysis of the case as well as internal PetroSaudi emails in their possession again proves that I am not the mastermind and did not collaborate with Jho Low in deceiving 1MDB of its funds."
Najib said the article had concluded that PetroSaudi and Jho Low had collaborated to deceive him and that he was not aware that Petrosaudi was siphoning 1MDB funds.
He added that the article had also concluded that he did not knowingly receive any money from the funds sent by 1MDB to PetroSaudi.
Najib's statement comes on the heels of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's announcement, during the tabling of Budget 2025 last week, that the government would introduce a new law to allow house arrest as an alternative sentence for certain offences.
“I am still in deep shock knowing now the extent of the wretched and unconscionable shenanigans, and illegal things that happened in 1MDB.”
Najib added that since he had already been punished politically over the affair, he “should not be victimised legally too”.
“Being held legally responsible for things that I did not initiate or knowingly enable is unfair to me and I hope and pray that the judicial process will, in the end, prove my innocence," he added.
Najib, 71, is currently serving his jail term as he was convicted over the misappropriation of former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd’s RM42 million, and cannot speak to the public directly as a prisoner. - October 24, 2024
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