MACC told to locate several witnesses in SRC probe

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has been instructed to locate several witnesses in its investigation of SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former 1MDB subsidiary.

This is according to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Paul Low in a parliamentary reply dated Nov 30.

"As instructed by the deputy public prosecutor, the investigating officer was taking action to record further statements from two witnesses and trace several other witnesses in relation to SRC International's probe," he said.

"There are witnesses yet to be detected," he responded to a question from Mahfuz Omar (PAS-Pokok Sena), who had asked about the status of the SRC probe.

The investigation of SRC surfaced back in 2015 after the Wall Street Journal reported that RM2.6 billion was transferred to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's personal bank account.

On Dec 31, 2015, MACC submitted two investigation papers - on the RM2.6 billion as well as on SRC - to the Attorney-General's Chambers.

MACC has reportedly recorded statements from more than 100 witnesses for the SRC probe.

In January 2016, the attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali (photo) said no charges would be brought against Najib based on the investigations carried out by MACC.

However, on April 11, Apandi was reported as saying he had ordered MACC to wrap up its probe "for some time already" and expected the probe to be completed in a month or so.

The SRC money was allegedly deposited into Najib's account in two transactions – on Dec 26, 2014, and Feb 10, 2015 – after being routed through two companies, Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd and Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd.

Najib had reportedly claimed to be unaware that the money was from SRC, and Apandi had also cleared him of any wrongdoing in the matter.- Mkini