Prominent lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah has finally broken his silence on Sarawak Report's allegation that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak paid him RM9.5 million.

Shafee, who acted as chief prosecutor in Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy II trial when the matter was heard in the higher courts, described the allegation as “nonsense”.

"I wanted to make a comment, but the suit was filed and hence I could not comment...