Daim ready to face any charges, even in hospital if need be, says Na'imah


PUTRAJAYA: Toh Puan Na’imah Khalid has dismissed claims of being notified that graft prosecutors want to charge her husband, Tun Daim Zainuddin.

“I can confirm that neither myself nor our legal counsel was ever informed that Daim would be charged for any offence.

“We were only told that a statement was to be recorded from him.

“Only today, reading the news reports, have I discovered that Daim is to be charged,” she said in a statement on Wednesday (Jan 24).

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Na’imah was responding to a statement by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, who said the agency had been given the go-ahead to charge the former finance minister.

However this could not be done as Daim was admitted to hospital, due to unspecified health reasons.

He also said that Daim’s lawyers were informed on the matter.

Na’imah said the insinuations made by Azam that Daim was somehow evading being charged by getting hospitalised were “false and mischievous”.

“Particularly offensive are his disparaging remarks against the dedicated and professional doctors of this hospital,” she said.

Na’imah said her husband was prepared to face any charges proffered.

“Let me state unequivocally that Daim is prepared to face any charge, anywhere, and will vigorously defend himself in accordance with the law.

“He has been warded and is undergoing treatment.

“Subject to the permission of the hospital and medical team, Daim is prepared to face this political charge in the hospital itself.

“We will leave this to Azam and the MACC to decide,” she said.

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