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Najib starts move for legal action over WSJ article
Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak has demanded an explanation from The Wall Street Journal over its July 3 article implicating him of allegedly transferring 1Malaysia Development funds into his personal accounts
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Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak has demanded an explanation from The Wall Street Journal over its July 3 article implicating him of allegedly transferring 1Malaysia Development funds into his personal accounts.
His legal firm, Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak, said it was now identifying "facts to proceed with further instructions" by way of the parties involved in the writing, distributing and publishing the article.
This is would be to enable the "service of any legal letter or court documents," it said in a statement on Wednesday.
It said it has instructions to "tackle all possible or plausible legal remedies of which our client shall be given advise on an action of defamation, further tortuous actions and remedies including any statutory violations by WSJ and related companies and (if any) conspirers."
"This is not a straightforward legal action due to the national and international imputations. We have been instructed to identify facts and lay full facts, before our client, is able to proceed with further instructions," it said. (hhr)
