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Malaysian attorney general says no criminal offence committed by PM over SRC, donation

Xinhua, January 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Malaysian Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali said Tuesday that the Attorney-General's Chambers has found no criminal offense committed by Prime Minister Najib Razak in relation to SRC International and an alleged 2.6 billion ringgit (about 610 million U.S. dollars) donation.

Apandi said at a press conference that the donation was actually 2.08 billion ringgit (about 480 million dollars), he said, adding that it was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family and given without any consideration.

He said that on the two investigation papers on SRC International, a former subsidiary of the debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), there was no evidence to prove that Najib had any knowledge nor had he given any approval for the transfer of the money from the account of SRC International into his personal accounts.

Apandi said that he will return the relevant investigation papers to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commision on Tuesday with instructions to close the three papers. Enditem