A lawyer has urged the public not to "stigmatise" the discharge not amounting an acquittal (DNAA) granted to Najib Abdul Razak, asserting that the legal decision is in the interest of ensuring fairness to all parties concerned.

Haniff Khatri Abdulla asserted that the documents needed by the prosecution to make its case against the former prime minister were currently being used in separate court proceedings.

As such, he argued that the prosecutors for this case - concerning three money laundering charges against Najib involving RM27 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd - would likely have been...