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Ex-IGP: Najib's account was closed, so how can Shafee be paid?

Former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan has questioned the validity of Sarawak Report's allegation that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak paid prominent lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah RM9.5 million.

He initially cited a Malaysiakini report dated "Aug 8, 2015" but later clarified that it was an Aug 15 report titled "US$650m from Najib's account sent abroad", in which it was mentioned that the prime minister's Ambank account was closed on Aug 30, 2013.

"So how can the RM9.5 million be paid to the lawyer if the account was already closed? I think this claim is not true as the payment was (alleged to have been) made on Sept 11, 2013 and Feb 17, 2014," Musa said in a press conference in Petaling Jaya...

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