Only Swiss has sent formal request on 1MDB, Parliament told

Of the six foreign authorities that are probing 1MDB, only Switzerland has formally contacted Malaysia asking for cooperation.

This is according to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri in a parliamentary written reply yesterday.

"At present, the government of Malaysia has only received one official assistance request to cooperate with Switzerland government in the investigation involving 1MDB," she said in reply to Sim Tze Tzin (PKR-Bayan Baru).

Sim had asked the government to reveal the number of foreign authorities probing 1MDB.

He also asked how many of them have requested cooperation from the government.

Besides Switzerland, Singapore, United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Australia have been reported probing the Finance Ministry sovereign fund.

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-Mkini