Cars, holidays, jewellery: report details PM's alleged spending

Millions from an Ambank bank account purportedly belonging to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was spent on jewellery, holidays, cars and political campaigns.

This was according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in its report which details the transactions of the account which is held at Ambank under the codename "Mr X", which it claims belongs to the prime minister.

The banking records were obtained by the ABC's Four Corners journalists, the report said, but did not disclose the source of the records.

The spending include:

• Jewellery – RM3.2 million (paid using a Platinum Mastercard and Visa credit cards)
• Political campaigns – RM24 million to Solar Shine Sdn Bhd, a firm linked to 1Malaysia NGO which held many campaign events for BN
• Payments for media and advertising - sum undisclosed
• Payments for Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) - sum undisclosed
• Rahah Foundation – RM7.5 million (The foundation and Najib once donated cows to the Selangor police for Aidiladha ritual slaughter)
• Hotel stays – RM395,782.40 at Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
• Shopping – RM360,000 with fabric retailer Jakel Trading
• Holidays – RM178,000 for travel agency Two One Holidays Malaysia
• Luxury Cars – RM167, 959.50 for luxury car trader Signature Exotic Cars
• Businesspeople, academics and lawyers – sum unspecified

Malaysiakini has contacted the Prime Minister's Office and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for a response.

[More to follow]

-Mkini