The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has continued to defend its reports on Malaysia and the 1MDB issue, despite Bank Negara governor Muhammad Ibrahim's police report against the US financial daily.
“We stand behind The Wall Street Journal's coverage, which has been responsible, appropriate, and in the public's interest.
“We remain committed to providing robust, even handed coverage of events in Malaysia,” a spokesperson from WSJ's publisher Dow Jones told Malaysiakini today.
They were responding to a request for comment on their release of a letter, for which Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday revealed Muhammad had lodged a police report against WSJ.
The letter purportedly from Bank Negara to the public accounts committee (PAC) chairperson Hasan Ariffin, is protected under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
WSJ, which has been accused of being part of an alleged campaign to oust Najib, had tweeted a copy of the letter, and this was later re-tweeted by its Asia chief editor Tom Wright yesterday morning.
The letter supposedly confirms that Good Star Limited was owned by tycoon Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low.
This contradicts the government’s assertion that Good Star, which has since been dissolved, belonged to former 1MDB joint-venture partner PetroSaudi International.-Mkini
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