1MDB: Unlike Dr Mahathir we prefer to deal in facts

The company claims the former Prime Minister has no proof and evidence on wrongdoing and has been proven wrong on his "RM42 billion missing" allegation.

KUALA LUMPUR: If former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was interested in the truth about 1MDB, he would allow the various agencies to complete their investigations and await their findings, said the company in a statement.

However, said the company, rather than do this, Mahathir continues to freely make unproven allegations without any investigation, without any reference to facts, and without any regard to the rule of law and due process.

1MDB continues to be the most investigated company in the history of Malaysia, said the statement. “We have cooperated fully with the lawful authorities which include MACC, PDRM, BNM, the National Audit Department and the PAC.”

“Documentary proof and evidence has been submitted to these lawful authorities. Each of these lawful authorities has independently conducted investigations and publicly issued statements relating to 1MDB.”

1MDB was commenting on the latest blog post by the former Prime Minister.

“Mahathir has continued to repeat old, unproven and unsubstantiated allegations based on, what he himself admits, are ‘assumptions’, instead of evidence,” added the statement. “This is despite detailed and factual clarifications being issued by 1MDB, and the fact that Mahathir has repeatedly been proven wrong on his claim that ‘RM42 billion hilang’ (RM42 billion was missing) from 1MDB.”

Unlike Mahathir who relies on assumptions, continued the statement, 1MDB prefers to deal in facts. “It is a fact that 1MDB accounts are audited by reputable, international firms.”

“It is a fact that anyone can easily verify 1MDB facts and figures by reviewing the publicly available, audited accounts.”

It is a well-known fact that the Auditor-General was tasked by the Cabinet on 4 March 2015 to review the past accounts of 1MDB, said the company. “An interim report was presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 9 July 2015, and a final report will be presented to the PAC – which comprises both government and Opposition MPs – on 17 December 2015.”

Through his statements, said 1MDB, Mahathir clearly shows his contempt and disdain for the various agencies that are investigating the company. “After 22 years in power, in his mind, only Mahathir can be right.”

“This is despite him being proven wrong on the ‘RM42 billion hilang’ allegation and ‘meekly confessing’ to not having evidence, when asked whether he would lodge a police report against 1MDB.”