Ahmad Maslan does double talk about money in PM’s account

He rejects Muhyiddin's allegation, but talks about Najib not using the 'money in his account'.

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Ahmad Maslan last night sought to dispute Muhyiddin Yassin’s allegation about money being transferred into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal account with a curiously ambiguous denial.

Referring to Muhyiddin’s allegation, which can be heard in a surreptitiously recorded video, Ahmad said it was not true that Najib had told the former deputy prime minister that “a lot” of money had gone into his account, and then he said: “He has never used 1MDB money that went into his account.”

Speaking to reporters at Menara Matrade, where he attended a dinner with an association of manufacturers, Ahmad also said Najib had briefed the Umno Supreme Council on the issue, which has been given a new twist with the emergence of the video that recorded Muhyiddin’s conversation with guests at his house.

Ahmad also commented on Muhyiddin’s statement that he believed Barisan Nasional would lose if a general election was held anytime soon.

“If people were to ask me whether Barisan Nasional could win if an election was held tomorrow, I would say, ‘There’s no election tomorrow,’” he said.

“The general election will probably be in 2018. So, preparations should be made by strengthening the party. The party that is united will win. The disunited will lose. So let’s not be disunited.”