PKR strategy director and National Oversight and Whistleblowers Centre (NOW) founder Rafizi Ramli says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Nazri Abdul Aziz may have deceived Parliament on the RM40 million 'donation' fiasco.
Rafizi in a statement today called on Parliament to consider taking action on Nazri over this.
"Nazri's actions could be construed as misleading the Parliament.
"His statement and conclusion that the RM40 million is a political contribution to Umno and that this decision was made by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption. However, it was Malaysia that informed the ICAC on this."
"Furthermore, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's chief commissioner, Abu Kassim Mohamed, should also be truthful to Parliament and the people on the proper status of its investigations into the matter.
"MACC had informed ICAC that it is a political contribution, resulting in ICAC to cease its investigation against Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman and businessman Michael Chia."
Rafizi in a statement today called on Parliament to consider taking action on Nazri over this."Nazri's actions could be construed as misleading the Parliament.
"His statement and conclusion that the RM40 million is a political contribution to Umno and that this decision was made by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption. However, it was Malaysia that informed the ICAC on this."
"Furthermore, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's chief commissioner, Abu Kassim Mohamed, should also be truthful to Parliament and the people on the proper status of its investigations into the matter.
"MACC had informed ICAC that it is a political contribution, resulting in ICAC to cease its investigation against Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman and businessman Michael Chia."
Report: Hong Kong willing to reopen case
Rafizi was commenting on an exclusive report in Free Malaysia Today (FMT) quoting Hong Kong's director of public prosecution, Kevin Zervos, as saying the authorities there were willing to re-open the case if there was new evidence.
Rafizi said two matters were now confirmed from the report: That the MACC or the Attorney-General's Chambers or both of them had informed ICAC that the RM40 million was a political contribution to Umno; and that the money belonging to Chia, which was meant for Musa, was frozen and kept by the Hong Kong authorities. This was despite the portal or Zervos not revealing any names.
On Oct 11, Nazri was reported as saying in a parliamentary replythat the MACC has concluded that "no element of corruption was proven" in the case and the RM40 million is considered a political contribution to Sabah Umno and not for Musa's personal use.
Rafizi said two matters were now confirmed from the report: That the MACC or the Attorney-General's Chambers or both of them had informed ICAC that the RM40 million was a political contribution to Umno; and that the money belonging to Chia, which was meant for Musa, was frozen and kept by the Hong Kong authorities. This was despite the portal or Zervos not revealing any names.
On Oct 11, Nazri was reported as saying in a parliamentary replythat the MACC has concluded that "no element of corruption was proven" in the case and the RM40 million is considered a political contribution to Sabah Umno and not for Musa's personal use.
He also said the ICAC took no further action in the case after the MACC finding, while the request for cooperation in a criminal matter lodged over a Swiss bank account has been withdrawn for the same reason.
On Oct 18, the de facto law minister also said the ICAC found "no element of corruption" in the RM40 million contribution.
Nazri not telling the truth
FMT quoted Zervos as saying that materials obtained from Malaysia indicated that they money was a political donation and that if there was any evidence that the money wasn't, the Hong Kong authorities would look into the matter.
The explanation by Zervos, Rafizi said, confirmed that Nazri did not tell the truth over the RM40 million fiasco and the decision by the ICAC to stop its investigations was due to the money being said to be a political contribution to Umno.
"Nazri did not tell Parliament that ICAC was forced to stop its investigations after it was informed by the Malaysian authorities that the RM40 million was a political donation," he said.
Rafizi said when the Malaysian authorities informed this to ICAC, it confirmed the speculation that the Hong Kong graft busters stopped their investigations as they did not receive the full co-operation from the Malaysian authorities.
He said the statement by Zervos could be viewed as depicting the Malaysian authorities, either the MACC or the AGC or both, as having conspired to stop the investigations against Musa and Chia by providing misleading information about the money without an independent and transparent investigation done.
"I am certain the Malaysian authorities did not submit evidence or any result of their investigations to lend credence that the RM40 million is a political contribution that comes legitimately in the eyes of the law," Rafizi added.
Rafizi is flying to Hong Kong with three others today to meet the ICAC to persuade it to re-open the case.
On Oct 18, the de facto law minister also said the ICAC found "no element of corruption" in the RM40 million contribution.
Nazri not telling the truth
FMT quoted Zervos as saying that materials obtained from Malaysia indicated that they money was a political donation and that if there was any evidence that the money wasn't, the Hong Kong authorities would look into the matter.
The explanation by Zervos, Rafizi said, confirmed that Nazri did not tell the truth over the RM40 million fiasco and the decision by the ICAC to stop its investigations was due to the money being said to be a political contribution to Umno.
"Nazri did not tell Parliament that ICAC was forced to stop its investigations after it was informed by the Malaysian authorities that the RM40 million was a political donation," he said.
Rafizi said when the Malaysian authorities informed this to ICAC, it confirmed the speculation that the Hong Kong graft busters stopped their investigations as they did not receive the full co-operation from the Malaysian authorities.
He said the statement by Zervos could be viewed as depicting the Malaysian authorities, either the MACC or the AGC or both, as having conspired to stop the investigations against Musa and Chia by providing misleading information about the money without an independent and transparent investigation done."I am certain the Malaysian authorities did not submit evidence or any result of their investigations to lend credence that the RM40 million is a political contribution that comes legitimately in the eyes of the law," Rafizi added.
Rafizi is flying to Hong Kong with three others today to meet the ICAC to persuade it to re-open the case.
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