Najib fails in High Court bid to cite former AG for contempt

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed in his attempt at the High Court to obtain leave to cite Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh for contempt.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4ncrfwzs  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak failed in his attempt at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday

00:09to obtain leave to cite Tan Sri Ahmad Teriruddin Mohd Saleh for contempt.

00:14This follows claims by Najib that the former Attorney General concealed the existence of a royal addendum order

00:21that could have allowed Najib to be placed under house arrest.

00:25The court dismissed Najib's application for leave after finding that he could not prove prima facie in the case for contempt.

00:34The court said Ahmad Teriruddin merely embarked on a filtering process to his officers

00:39when the Attorney General's chambers made the objection.

00:43It said the act of contempt alleged is the direction given by the respondent to advance false arguments

00:50and deny the existence of the addendum order, and the allegations are mere speculation

00:56in the absence of clear evidence showing that the respondent personally did as alleged.

01:03Najib contended that Ahmad Teriruddin had committed contempt of court

01:06when he directed his senior federal counsels to object to Najib's application for leave

01:11to initiate judicial review linked to the addendum order.

01:15The court then ordered Najib to pay costs of 20,000 ringgit to the respondent.

01:21The application for leave to cite Ahmad Teriruddin for contempt

01:25is linked to Najib's application for leave to commence judicial review over the addendum order.

01:31Last month, the federal court upheld a two-to-one majority decision by the Court of Appeal

01:36instructing that Najib's judicial review application on the addendum order

01:40be remitted back to the High Court for a full hearing.

01:43on the end.

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