The special task force, said it was looking into the Prime Minister’s wife Rosmah Mansor’s account as one aspect of their investigations into the alleged transfer of nearly United States dollars 700 million into the personal account of Razak.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Sarawak Report article alleging that RM2 million was deposited into Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s account is irresponsible and done with malicious intent, her lawyers said yesterday.
Mr Najib, who is also Finance Minister and chairman of 1MDB’s advisory board, has dismissed the allegations as untrue and part of a plot to topple the leadership but his vague response to WSJ allegations has exasperated the public and led to growing calls, none louder than from former leader Mahathir Mohamad, for him to step down.
On Thursday, whistle-blower site Sarawak Report, citing investigation papers on 1MDB, said that between February and April 2013, some RM2 million (S$713,000) was deposited into an account allegedly belonging to Ms Rosmah at Affin Bank.
The fallout from the 1MDB scandal could spread even more to Singapore as, depending on the outcome of the probe on the money trail, it could, say lawyers, lead to prosecution here.
“In view of the serious inference by SR made against Rosmah, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is urged to consider and deemed appropriate should the content be proven offensive and in breach of Malaysian law, take the necessary action pursuant to the MCMC Act 1998″, it said.
An Affin Bank spokesperson said it is unable to comment or disclose information in relation to the bank’s customers and accounts.
“My client has not committed any criminal offence or any misappropriation of funds and strongly denies any links to the funds being from 1MDB”, the law firm Messrs Noorhajran Mohd Noor said in a statement late on Friday.
The country’s attorney general confirmed a week ago that he had received documents from investigators that linked Najib and 1MDB.
Records on Facebook also revealed that the individual had “checked in” at various locations overseas when Najib was at these places, such as Jeddah (June 6, 2015, when the premier and his wife were there to perform their umrah), Kazakhstan (last year), Beijing (Nov 12, 2014, when the premier attended the Asia Pacific Economic Conference), and New York (where Najib attended the United Nations general assembly last September).
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His ruling National Front coalition has been in power since independence from Britain in 1957.
