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1st LD: Malaysian Attorney-General's Chambers clears PM of wrongdoing in SRC, donation probes

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 a donation from the Middle East and the SRC International.

Apandi said at a press conference that based on the evidence submitted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the sum of 681 million U.S. dollars (2.08 billion Malaysian ringgit) transferred into the personal account of the prime minister between March 22 to April 10 in 2013 was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family, given without any consideration.

He said that there was no evidence to show that the donation was a form of gratification given corruptly. "The evidence showed that the donation was not an inducement or reward for doing or forbearing in relation to his capacity as a prime minister," he added.

Apandi said that the investigation revealed that a sum of 620 million dollars was returned by Najib in August, 2013 to the Saudi royal family, as the money was not utilized.

On the case of the SRC International, a former subsidiary of the debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), he said that 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 MACC on Tuesday with instructions to close the three papers. Endit