Putrajaya says will answer questions on Najib’s RM2.6 billion

Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said says all parliamentary questions on the prime minister's RM2.6 billion 'donation' will be answered simultaneously. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, October 20, 2015.

Putrajaya has said it will answer questions in Parliament over the RM2.6 billion deposited into prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's personal accounts.

"This question will be answered simultaneously with all other questions which have the same meaning, at a date which will be set later at this sitting," Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said in a written reply to Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) and Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut).

Both opposition MPs have submitted similar questions on the money, including its origins, how it was utilised, its recipients and the balance of the funds.

Najib has been under fire since The Wall Street Journal reported in July that some US$700 million had been transferred to his accounts.

The Malaysian Anti Corruption Agency (MACC) later said it was a political donation from an unknown Middle Eastern donor.

Najib had denied taking the money for personal gain but had remained mum over further questions on the issue.

The scandal is among reasons why the opposition is set to table a no-confidence motion against Najib at the current Parliament sitting.

- TMI