Najib withdraws suits against 1MDB investigators

> Applications claimed the officials were prejudiced against him

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has withdrawn his suits against three senior government officials in the investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad just three weeks after filing them.

Najib filed three civil suits against Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull, police commercial crimes head Datuk Seri Amar Singh and Attorney-General Tommy Thomas respectively, alleging they were prejudiced against him over the course of their investigations – rendering the investigations invalid.

The three applications were filed through lawyer Badrul Abdullah on June 30 seeking costs and other reliefs that the court deems fit.

The court has made no order on costs and the application yesterday was before High Court deputy registrar Norhatini Abdul Hamid and senior assistant registrar Shahril Anuar Ahmad.

Senior Federal Counsel Alice Loke and Suzana Atan appeared for the three public figures.

Najib had withdrawn the suits which claimed that the three officials were prejudiced against him.

Since losing the general election in May, Najib has come under public scrutiny after Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed reopened investigations into 1MDB.

Shukri had told the media that the initial investigations into 1MDB was suppressed, while Amar has led police seizures of nearly RM1.1 billion worth of luxury goods from premises linked to Najib’s family.

Thomas is the lead prosecutor who charged Najib last Wednesday with three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and one for abuse of power, in relation to RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd.

Najib was arrested by the MACC last Tuesday at 2.35pm at his house in Jalan Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur, according to a statement by the 1MDB task force that is undertaking investigations on the scandal.