KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 -- A former special officer to Datuk Seri Najib Razak has defended uploading on Facebook a Court Recording and Transcription (CRT) video of his former boss's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, claiming he has not broken any laws.

In a Facebook status coupled with yet another CRT video, Isham Jalil argued that the general order of the court only applies to personal recordings and unapproved live telecast recordings.

"The video I uploaded yesterday was not a 'live' telecast or a personal recording. It was a recording by the court through CRT and not other parties. A court CRT video transcript is not the same as a personal recording," he claimed.

"In the United Kingdom, a CRT video transcript of court proceedings can ...