PRIME Minister Najib Razak should be the first person to be investigated for spreading fake news for claiming that RM42 billion was “not missing” from 1Malaysia Development Board, said DAP leader Tony Pua.
Yesterday, Najib defended 1MDB’s debt, saying the money had not “disappeared”, unlike the RM31 billion loss incurred in Bank Negara’s (BNM) foreign exchange trading scandal.
Earlier this week, Najib had announced that the government was mulling new laws to curb fake news, which he said was a threat to political stability and public order.
“It cannot be more ironical that the biggest purveyor of fake news today is none other than the prime minister himself,” said Pua, who is the Petaling Jaya Utara MP, in a statement.
“The first person who should be investigated for spreading the most outrageous ‘fake news’ in the country is none other than the prime minister himself, who claimed that the 1MDB’s monster RM42 billion debt is not (money that has gone) missing.”
Pua, who is DAP national publicity secretary, pointed out that in the BNM scandal, no one, not even the Umno leaders at the time, had been accused of “pocketing the money”.
“However, in the case of 1MDB, the whereabouts of RM42 billion or a substantial portion of it is unknown or unverified.
“In fact, if indeed Najib Razak was telling the truth, the question must be asked, why did the Cabinet classify the Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB under the Official Secrets Act?”
Pua asked whether Najib could publicly state where US$940 million (RM3.65 billion) worth of “units” had gone after the original custodial bank, BSI Bank was shut down.
If all monies were accounted for in 1MDB, why is it that 1MDB had failed to produce a single audited financial statement since March 2014, said Pua.
– https://www.themalaysianinsight.com
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