Mohd Hanif Khathri Abdullah also told the aide to the prime minister's wife Rosmah Mansor that there is a struggle which is far greater than him.
“This is to defeat Najib, Rizal's 'boss'. Rizal is not a relevant factor in the mission to save Malaysia.
“However, to satiate Rizal's excitement over his desire to be sued, I can assure him that I have the mandate to sue Rizal on the Tuesday, following the Tuesday when it is confirmed that Najib has filed a defamation suit against the WSJ,” he said.
The lawyer then referred to a report in The Star's Malay online portal Mstar dated July 5 last year, which quoted a “source close to the prime minister” claiming that Najib would file a suit against WSJ the following Tuesday via his lawyer in Kuala Lumpur.
Verbal tussle
This is over the WSJ's report on the RM2.6 billion in the prime minister's personal bank accounts, which was later described as a donation from a member of the Saudi royal household.
Mahathir has repeatedly accused Najib of siphoning funds from 1MDB, which the prime minister has denied and described as an attempt to topple him from power.
Najib has also accused certain foreign media organisations such as WSJ and Sarawak Report of being part of this campaign.
Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali has cleared the prime minister of any wrongdoing in the matter.
Haniff and Rizal became embroiled in a verbal tussle when the latter accused Mahathir of belittling Prophet Muhammad during the DAP national convention over the weekend.
He had claimed that the former premier did this in an attempt to outshine DAP.
However, Haniff denied this, and accused Rizal of slander, prompting Rosmah's aide to challenge the lawyer to sue him for defamation.
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