KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth will launch a petition to seek justice for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Its chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh said they would be collecting as many signatures as possible to support the petition requesting a review of Najib's case after the leak of an alleged internal Attorney General's Chambers' memo discussing charges against Najib and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
He said Umno Youth had lodged police reports demanding an investigation into the leaked documents.
He also said there had been no response from the Attorney General.
"If the memo is truly authentic, then we believe that Najib is really facing selective prosecution this time and is not getting the deserved justice," said Akmal after chairing the wing's exco meeting at Bangunan Dato' Onn here on Tuesday (Sept 12).
He added that the petition would be presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
In the viral copy of the alleged internal memo, the Ipic (International Petroleum Investment Company) case prosecution team said it was concerned that a strong prima facie case could not be built for the six charges against the duo.
The 12-page document was supposedly addressed to former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.
Najib and Irwan were jointly charged with six charges under Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust amounting to RM6.6bil in government funds involving payments to IPIC.
On Dec 7, 2018, the case was transferred to the High Court.
