Former top cop Mat Zain Ibrahim has lodged a police report on how former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak was able to sign an affidavit dated May 7, 2018, in Putrajaya, two days before the 14th general election, when he was reported to be in Sabah.

Mat Zain lodged his report on June 27 and he highlighted this to the judge of the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Justice Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab, who had struck out his suit against Najib on July 6.

The former Kuala Lumpur CID chief told Malaysiakini that he wondered how Najib could affirm an affidavit dated May 7 in Putrajaya and delivered to his lawyer at his office before 5pm, that same day, when Najib had arrived from a flight from Sabah at 7.30pm that same day...