PUTRAJAYA -The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today revealed that the Saudi prince whom former prime minister Najib Razak claimed had given him RM2.6 billion as a donation could not prove the allegation.
Speaking to reporters at the MACC headquarters here today, MACC chief Mohd Shukri Abdull said a prince had come forward claiming to be the donor, but that he was unable to show any supporting documentation.
“Something else we found strange was that when we went to Saudi Arabia in 2015, it was the prince that came to us,” he said.
“Usually, we are the ones that need to look for the witnesses.”
He said investigations to follow up on the prince’s claims however came to a standstill as MACC was unable to probe any further without consent from the attorney-general.
“If you want to probe further overseas, you need the attorney-general to sign a document, but we couldn’t get it (done).”
Mohd Shukri said the RM2.6 billion issue would now be handled largely by the 1MDB task force, but that this also included members of the MACC.
The RM2.6 billion deposit was the subject of controversial news reports in 2015 which detailed a chain of financial transactions linking 1MDB and other companies to a total of US$700 million being deposited in Najib’s accounts.
Najib said then that the money was a political donation from a Middle Eastern source. He also denied making personal use of the money or taking public funds. – FMT
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today dismissed the notion that the 2015 murder of senior deputy public prosecutor Kevin Morais was linked to 1MDB.
“As far as I know, Kevin Morais has nothing to do with the 1MDB case,” MACC chief Mohd Shukri Abdull told a press conference.
Rewcastle-Brown said “a few reliable sources” had told her it was Kevin who fed her the information about the investigation.
Kevin was believed to have been kidnapped on Sept 4, 2015, and strangled to death.
His body, which was placed in a drum filled with cement, was found almost two weeks after he was reported missing at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya.
Six people, including an army pathologist, have been charged with his murder.
Kevin’s brother Charles, in a statutory declaration, alleged that Kevin’s murder was linked to a charge sheet he was preparing against a “high-ranking government official”.
Sarawak Report meanwhile claimed Kevin was working on a charge sheet against then-prime minister Najib Razak regarding SRC International, and that the document had carried Kevin’s initials.
Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali previously dismissed claims that Kevin was involved in 1MDB investigations, saying he was transferred back to the AGC in July 2014 before the scandal erupted. – FMT
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