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Thursday, August 20, 2015

EC refers PKR’s election offence suit against Najib to A-G

PKR says Datuk Seri Najib Razak violated election laws after The Wall Street Journal’s expose of a RM2.6 billion ‘donation’ channelled into the prime minister’s personal accounts. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, August 20, 2015.PKR says Datuk Seri Najib Razak violated election laws after The Wall Street Journal’s expose of a RM2.6 billion ‘donation’ channelled into the prime minister’s personal accounts. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, August 20, 2015.
The Election Commission (EC) will leave it to the Attorney-General's Chambers to decide how best to handle PKR's election offence suit against Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.
"As usual the AGC will represent the EC," Aziz (pic, right) said in an SMS reply.
The Malaysian Insider understands that the EC legal department which received the writ yesterday has referred the matter to the AGC's civil division.
Hafarizam said this was on the grounds that the action by the plaintiffs was frivolous, vexatious and abuse of court process.
The High Court has set September 3 for case management.
Last week, PKR filed the suit against Najib for violating election laws following The Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) report of US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) found in the prime minister's personal accounts.
On August 3, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in an unsigned statement said the cash was merely a donation.
The plaintiffs in the suit are de facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is in prison for a sodomy conviction, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, Batu MP Tian Chua, former secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Gerakan Harapan Baru member Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Apart from Najib and the EC, others named as defendants are Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Nurul Izzah said that the facts of the case exposed corruption and various corrupt tactics used by BN to win the 13th general election.
"It is obvious that the RM2.6 billion used is more than 26 times the allowed amount as outlined by Malaysian laws," Nurul Izzah told a press conference on August 12.
She said Section 19 of the Election Offences Act limits electoral spending to RM100,000 and RM200,000 for a state and parliamentary candidate respectively.
Nurul Izzah said the EC had openly ignored the corruption.
Najib meanwhile said MACC had cleared him of corruption over the RM2.6 billion issue, which he added was held in trust on behalf of Umno, of which he is president, and not for his personal use.
- TMI

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