Whistle-blower site Sarawak Report said the individual, identified as Roslan Sohari (pic), had made 16 trips to cities like London in October 2013 and Jeddah as recently as last month.
The trips, posted on his Facebook account, coincided with trips made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah.
Yesterday, Sarawak Report said Roslan deposited RM2 million into Rosmah's account in Affin Bank Berhad in eight deposits within 2½ months earlier this year.
His details, including phone number and occupation, were also published by the blog. Roslan was said to be a personal assistant attached to the Prime Minister's Department.
However, when Malaysiakini called the number, he denied working for the prime minister and his wife.
Sarawak Report said today although the Facebook page was deactivated soon after yesterday's expose, other social-media users had saved his photographs and details.
The pictures were compiled and the blog compared his trips with that of Najib and Rosmah's.
His profile picture on WhatsApp appeared to show the same person as the Roslan in the Facebook account.
"What the many, many pictures uploaded by this Roslan Sohari onto his Facebook site show is that this Malaysian has lived a life of travel luxury over the past year, hopping around the world’s capitals and staying at only the very best of hotels," the blog said.
"Intriguingly, all his snapshots from different parts of the world on different dates perfectly match the official travel arrangements for the man who was cited as his boss on the Facebook site before it was removed.
"That is, the Prime Minister Najib Razak."
It said that Roslan has accompanied Najib and his wife Rosmah on these trips but on occasions, he had been part of only Rosmah's entourage.
Another piece of evidence that disputes his earlier denial of knowing the prime minister and his family is that he had uploaded a picture of the identity card of Najib and Rosmah's daughter, Nooryana, on his Google+ account.
Nooryana had come under the spotlight recently after pictures of her lavish wedding reception was leaked and was criticised by Malaysians. She had married Daniyar Kessibaye, a Kazakh.
"So, do people believe that Roslan Sohari knows nothing of Najib and Rosmah and rightfully denies the evidence that he deposited two million ringgit of cash in Rosmah’s account earlier this year?" Sarawak Report asked.
"Or do we think he just panicked and lied?"
The allegations against Rosmah come in the wake of last week's expose by Sarawak Report and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that US$700 million (RM2.67 billion) was moved among government agencies, banks and entities linked to 1MDB and finally ending up in Najib's personal accounts in five separate deposits between 2013 and this year.
A special task force consisting of Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chairman Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed and Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, has been formed to look into the allegations.
The task force has frozen six bank accounts and seized documents related to 17 bank accounts.
- TMI
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