This normally verbose lawyer, who took on a roadshow after Anwar Ibrahim's conviction, suddenly turns silent.

Remember Jason, from the "Friday the 13th" films? If you noticed, Jason does not talk at all, because he allowed his murdering to do the talking.

Last week, lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, assumed the role of Jason, when he refused to comment on the Sarawak Report (SR) allegation, that he had received RM9.5 million from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

For someone who is normally verbose and whose "legalese talk" enables his clients to escape prosecution, Shafee acted out of character, when reporters descended on him with the SR allegation; but all he could mutter, was "I will issue a statement, but not today," before he sped off in his car. Neither did he say when he would make the statement.

If Shafee was not the recipient, then a straight answer, like "No" would have sufficed, and in typical Malaysian style, followed by a, "I'll see you in court, if you keep repeating the allegation with the intent of destroying my reputation".

Shafee said nothing. So, for as long as he keeps silent, speculation that there was government interference in former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy II trial will keep building.

In February 2015, when Shafee was the lead prosecutor in the Sodomy II trial, he was riding high on his victory, having overturned Anwar's High Court acquittal. The sentence was five years' jail.

Victors are supposed to show magnanimity in triumph, but not Shafee. Such was his arrogance that soon after sending Anwar to Sungei Buloh prison, Shafee, with his sidekick, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, organised a series of roadshows to cement Anwar's supposed guilt. This move is unheard of in civilised nations...