Datuk Seri Najib Razak should show seriousness about investigating the RM2.6 billion that went to his personal accounts by restoring the original task force, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The retired statesman said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) which is investigating the funds was now "emasculated" after moves to dismantle the previous task force, sack the former attorney-general and send the MACC head on leave
"It is an emasculated MACC. If Najib is serious about investigating his RM2.6 billion in Ambank, he should restore the original task force.
"A new task force filled with his people has no credibility," Dr Mahathir wrote in his blog today.
The Attorney-General's Chambers said yesterday that the task force that had earlier been investigating 1MDB and the transfer of RM2.6 billion to Najib's accounts had now been renamed and refocused to investigating money-related crimes, such as evasion of taxes and duties, smuggling, illegal outflow of funds and corruption.
The rebranded team is now called the national revenue recovery enforcement team and is taking over from a similar outfit that was first formed in 2011.
The rebranding was carried out after Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali was appointed attorney-general last month.
Dr Mahathir, who has been Najib's fiercest critic, questioned where the money in Najib's accounts at AmBank had gone to.
Najib's accounts that received the funds have since been closed, but Dr Mahathir noted there was still no news of "any bank anywhere reporting this money is with them".
"Two accounts are reported to be frozen in Singapore. Is that all? Surely the holder of the account should be investigated. But so far nothing is heard. Do the banks get to keep the money? If it is not reported to the authorities for action to be taken, then effectively the money has been laundered," he wrote.
"When the account is closed, it cannot mean that the huge amount of money is taken out in cash. It must have been transferred to another bank. Yet we don’t hear of any bank anywhere reporting this money is with them," Dr Mahathir added.
The former prime minister said Malaysia's people had the right to know about the funds which he described as "a gift personally to the PM of Malaysia for him to win elections".
"Malaysians would not like to believe their candidate for the highest office in the country is a nominee of some person from another country.
"What will be his obligation to his supporters? Will he serve Malaysians or some foreign country?" Dr Mahathir said.
- TMI
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