In a Facebook post, Najib said in the run up to the May 9 polls, Mahathir, who is now prime minister, alleged that he stole billions from 1MDB but he now says it is not easy to arrest and charge him without sufficient evidence.
Mahathir had said earlier today that without solid evidence, Najib might be found “not guilty” and whatever PH said about him might be questioned by the people.
“ Mahathir has admitted that PH made all sorts of allegations against me without solid evidence,” said Najib.
“It also proves the charge sheet which was supposedly prepared in 2015 is false and was part of a consipracy to use certain people in the administration to overthrow me.”
Najib pointed that at the time, his statement was not taken by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), so it was impossible for a charge sheet to have been prepared.
In 2015, a charge sheet allegedly signed by then attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail regarding a RM42 million payment received by Najib from former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International was leaked online.
However, it was dismissed as a fake document by the authorities.
Subsequently, Gani was replaced as AG, and his successor, Apandi Ali, publicly cleared Najib of any wrongdoing. Most recently, after the 14th general election, Mahathir confirmed that Gani had drafted a charge sheet against Najib.