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KUALA LUMPUR : Datuk Seri Najib Razak says it is convenient to blame him for what happened to 1Malaysia Development Bhd as this shielded other individuals involved from their own accountability, the High Court here heard.
"It is convenient for Shahrol, Amhari, Hazem, Azmi, and Jasmine to place blame on me, as this narrative shields them from accountability for the criminal activities they knowingly, consciously and deliberately executed on Jho Low’s behalf," he said here on Tuesday .
"These preposterous claims only surfaced during the trial and the irresistible inference is that these prosecution witnesses were... before the trial... brought together to sing one united song of putting the entire blame on me," Najib said.He said specific instructions were issued to designated individuals as required by its high-level operations.
Najib is facing four counts of using his position to obtain RM2.28bil gratification from 1MDB's funds and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount.
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