KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): One of the lawyers mentioned in the police report that alleges a conspiracy to topple the government has rubbished the claims as being “the mother of all lies”.
Lawyer Nizamuddin Hamid, who represents the late Tun Daim Zainuddin's widow Toh Puan Na'imah Abdul Khalid in several of her court battles in the past few years, said that there had been no "discussions or instructions" given to them in relation to toppling the government or to undermine the nation's democracy.
"As long as we have been carrying out our duties as lawyers for Puan Na'imah, there has been absolutely no discussion or instruction given to us to overthrow the government or to undermine parliamentary democracy.
"There is none, and that is the mother of all lies…. [It] is very important for all parties to focus on the real facts — the family of Allahyarham Tun Daim has the right to defend themselves in court and also in the media," he said on Wednesday.
Although the police did not specifically name any persons in their press briefing last week, a copy of the police report went viral.
The complainant — stated in the police report as a 54-year-old editor — had singled out Daim's widow and alleged a scheme by a group planning to use at least five international media outlets to put pressure on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commissioner (MACC) chief Tan Sri Azam Baki.
Lobbyists in countries including the UK and the US were reportedly engaged to influence Malaysian authorities, and the effort was tied to attempts to have charges in MACC investigations dropped.
Speaking to the press on Wednesday, Nizamuddin confirmed that he was one of the lawyers named in the report.
He added that the late Daim's family has the right to defend the former politician's legacy.
"It is the mother of all lies, the police report and the narrative that is being sold to all of you at the moment. We pray for the best," he said.
Na'imah herself has denied all such allegations and labelled them as “false and preposterous”. She also added that the police report was the work of a "disgruntled man".
Earlier on Wednesday, the High Court allowed Na'imah's application to refer questions of law to the apex court over her single charge of failure to declare her assets to the authorities.
Na'imah was charged in January 2024 under Section 36(2) of the MACC Act for failure to declare her assets, which include two vehicles and several properties in Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
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