Pakatan Harapan Youth today objected to a stay application by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and 1MDB on the filing of their defence to the former's suit regarding 1MDB's settlement payment with International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

The youths - who call themselves Gerakan Anak Muda Tolak Najib (GANT1) - through their lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla questioned whether Najib, 1MDB and the government were scared to file their defence.

"Najib and 1MDB claimed they would be prejudiced in filing their defence as it would be made a public document...