Najib and Tommy Thomas settle lawsuit over memoir

The Star

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas together with his book publisher have reached an amicable settlement in a lawsuit linked to Thomas's memoir, "My Story: Justice in the Wilderness".  The settlement was recorded by High Court Justice Khadijah Idris without liberty to file afresh on Monday (Jan 19).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4s7by792  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In the case of this, ladies and gentlemen, this is one action of a malu.

00:30Dato' Sri Najib terhadap kedua-dua Tommy Thomas dan juga Gerak Budaya.

00:38Pada hari ini, kita telah pun masuk dalam satu consent judgment di mana perkataan-perkataan yang digunakan saya harus baca

00:50daripada satu dokumen yang ditandatangani oleh kedua-dua defendant

00:56dan di mana Dato' Sri Najib juga bersetuju mengambil keputusan yang bersama.

01:03Saya baca. Malangnya, ianya hanya dalam bahasa Inggeris.

01:06Ini statement Tommy Thomas. Ini apa yang Tommy Thomas bercakap.

01:12Dia kata,

01:12I stand by my statements and opinion expressed in chapter 42 of my book

01:20My Story Justice in the Wilderness

01:24that Sirul and Azila's statutory declarations corroborated one another.

01:32Pergraf kedua, dia kata,

01:33I accept, however, that since the publication of my book in 2021,

01:41I am not aware of any evidence linking Najib to the murder of Altantuya,

01:47although I understand there has been investigations since the publication of the book.

01:55In these circumstances, I have no objection to the withdrawal of the above civil suit

02:02against me and the publisher with no order as to cause.

02:07In the event that my set book is further reprinted and or republished,

02:14the statement above would be stated in the set book

02:17in the same pages as the publication of the impugned statements,

02:22bracket currently appearing at page 404 and 405.

02:27Question time.

02:28You can call it a win because there is no evidence as admitted by the defendants

02:41since publication of the book and in fact before there is no evidence linking

02:46Datuk Sri Najib to the murder of Altantuya.

02:49So this should bring to a rest all the rumors.

02:58Sekarang-segala cakap-cakap angin, cakap-cakap di kedai kopi berkenaan Datuk Sri Najib,

03:05all this should end sebab bekas peguam negara sendiri iaitu Tommy Thomas

03:10sekarang telah pemberkantakan dalam persetujuan di mahkamah

03:15bahawa semenjak bukunya itu dicetak, diterbit,

03:21tidak ada keterangan langsung yang beliau dapati

03:23yang mengaitkan Datuk Sri Najib dengan pembunuhan Altantuya.

03:30Okay?

03:32Lagi soalan?

03:36Yes, sebab seperti yang saya katakan tadi, Datuk Sri Najib daripada awal lagi,

03:41dia bukan perlukan ataupun mengutarakan supaya beliau diberi pampasan.

03:48Itu tidak mustahak bagi beliau.

03:50Beliau hanya nak menegakkan reputasi beliau.

03:55Okay?

03:55Dan itu tercapai pada hari ini.

03:57My client is very happy.

04:09For many years, he has been upset

04:10because

04:11tak ada keterangan langsung

04:13and yet there are a lot of rumors

04:16that has been whipped up

04:18very

04:18very falsely

04:20that he was apparently involved in the murder.

04:24So, he is very happy today that

04:27at last

04:28there is

04:30settlement

04:31and that

04:32Tansi Tommy Thomas

04:34have admitted

04:35as far as

04:38since 2021

04:39there has never been any

04:41further evidence

04:43or any evidence

04:44even though there has been investigation

04:48further investigation

04:49by the police

04:50at the request of many people

04:51including the father of Altantuya.

04:55You

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