The actions of a group of individuals who disturbed the proceedings in the prosecution of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak is disrespectful of the law and the country's court proceedings, says Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

Syed Saddiq expressed surprise over the action of a group of Najib's supporters who disturbed the media conference given by attorney-general Tommy Thomas this afternoon at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex.

“If these people really respect the court of law and also the due process they will not allow this to happen.

“I truly believe that this is just a distraction, an honest distraction from the court proceedings,” he said after the dialogue session at the Malaysia Social Media Week 2018.

Earlier today, the media conference by Thomas had to be cancelled when a group of supporters shouted “Melayu, Melayu” loudly at Thomas so that he would conduct his media conference in Bahasa Malaysia.

Prior to this, Najib was prosecuted on three charges of criminal breach of trust and one charge of abuse of power involving funds totalling RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1MDB, at the Sessions Court.

­- Bernama