Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak testified that it was “not morally right” for then deputy federal territories minister Edmund Santhara to take a 55-day leave to visit the latter’s family in New Zealand during the country’s movement control order (MCO) period.

Giving evidence on behalf of Batu MP P Prabakaran who is being sued for defamation by Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) member Santhara (above, right), Najib told the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court that the deputy minister under the Muhyiddin Yassin administration should have set a good example as then Segamat MP...