Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s legal team has sent a letter to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil for the government to compel Netflix to take down the 1MDB-linked documentary “Man on the Run”.

According to a copy of the letter issued to the ministry yesterday, law firm Shafee and Co informed the minister that the documentary contained several interviewees’ comments that amounted to contempt of court due to the ongoing RM2.27 billion 1MDB corruption trial (1MDB-Tanore case) against Najib.

The lawyers contended that the remarks aired in the documentary are...