KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — The prosecution is “using a sledgehammer to kill a fly” with the four power abuse charges in the 1MDB trial against former prime minister Datuk Seri...
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Shafee was arguing why the four charges — in which Najib was accused of abusing his position to get gratification totalling RM2.27 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad-linked funds for himself — are defective. “This is an overkill that destroyed their own case, using a sledgehammer to kill a fly,” he said, referring to the saying of using too much force to achieve something.
Under Section 23, a public officer will be presumed to have committed the power abuse offence, when he makes any decision or when he takes any action over a matter where he or his relative or associate has a direct interest or indirect interest in.
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