Leissner's ex-flame Rohana has returned US$10m to MACC: Report

 

Rohana Rozhan, the former girlfriend of disgraced Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner, has returned the US$10 million (RM44.3 million) 1MDB-linked cash and assets to the MACC.

This is according to an Utusan Malaysia report today, which quoted a source familiar with the case.

The source told the Malay daily that the former Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd group chief executive officer surrendered the cash and assets to the government last year after the MACC wrapped up investigations into the case.

"She has returned all the money and assets (involved) to the MACC, which then handed it to the government.

"With that, the MACC's investigations concerning Rohana have been completed. At this point, there is nothing more needed from her," the source said.

However, the source could not provide a detailed breakdown of the funds and assets returned, as well as the procedure involved.

Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said said in a parliamentary written reply that the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has no knowledge of whether Rohana has returned the US$10 million in assets she gained from Leissner.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said

Azalina was responding to a question from Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng about whether Rohana had returned the funds, and how much of 1MDB-linked assets have been given back to the government.

Last February, Leissner, a former Goldman Sachs banker complicit in the 1MDB saga, told a US court that he had affairs with three prominent Malaysian women, including Rohana.

US$10m London house

At one point, Leissner spent US$10 million on a house in London for Rohana after the latter got upset that he was ending their 10-year relationship to marry US model Kimora Lee Simmons in 2013.

Leissner testified that he bought the house because Rohana threatened to expose his involvement in the 1MDB affair.

Following this, there were news reports that Rohana had agreed to return US$10 million in assets, but there was no official confirmation from the MACC, which at the time had already interviewed her.

In March last year, MACC chief Azam Baki said Rohana was being probed under the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Prevention Act 2001 and that Rohana's London property and other assets were frozen. - Mkini