Former Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd group chief executive officer (CEO) Rohana Rozhan has vowed to extend her full cooperation to the MACC regarding its investigation into Tim Leissner's claim of using money he received from 1MDB to purchase a US$10 million (RM41.8 million) mansion in London for her.
Leissner, who is the former chief of Goldman Sachs' Southeast Asia operation, told a US federal court that Rohana was his lover at the time and had threatened to expose his role in the 1MDB scandal if he did not buy the house.
"I refer to allegations appearing in the media about me.
“I have attended the offices of the MACC and given them my full cooperation in their investigations," Rohana said in a brief statement, according to The Edge.
The statement was issued by her lawyers at Messrs Valen, Oh & Partners.
Meanwhile, Harian Metro, quoting a source, reported that the MACC recorded Rohana's statement at the commission's headquarters in Putrajaya this morning.
The source said the case is being investigated under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA).
Leissner is the star prosecution witness in the ongoing 1MDB trial of Malaysian former banker Roger Ng.
Ng was head of Goldman's Malaysian investment banking. He was charged with conspiring with Leissner to launder money in violation of US anti-bribery laws.
‘Rohana upset over end of relationship’
“She (Rohana) was upset that I was ending our relationship to be with my future wife (US TV personality) Kimora (Lee Simmons).
“If I didn’t buy her a house, she would tell authorities about my involvement in the 1MDB scandal. She was threatening to expose me. At the time, 2013, I was very fearful of that,” he testified.
Leissner, who married Kimora in 2013, claimed he had a decade-long relationship with Rohana since 2003.
“Pretty much everybody in our Southeast Asia territory knew it,” he added.
Apart from Rohana, Leissner also admitted to having affairs with two other Malaysian women – the niece of a former Sarawak chief minister and daughter of a Malaysian ambassador to the US. - Mkini
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