Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail also expresses strong concern at the leakage of documents pertaining to an ongoing criminal investigation relating to allegation of funds transmitted to the accounts of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. -Filepic
KUALA LUMPUR: The freeze orders involving six bank accounts did not involve any accounts held by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said Attorney General Tan Sri Abu Gani Patail.
In a statement issued today, Abdul Gani expressed strong concern at the leakage of documents pertaining to an ongoing criminal investigation relating to allegation of funds transmitted to the accounts of Najib.
Abdul Gani in a statement said that he has called for a full investigation into the matter.
“This concern is also endorsed by the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, and the Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed,” he said.
Abdul Gani said documents disclosed in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article on July 7 were the subject matter of an investigation and emphasized that it was crucial to preserve the integrity of the investigation as the public must not doubt the investigation.
“This was not a question of whistle-blowing because the matter is already under investigation. A further concern was that the documents were allegedly leaked from within the investigation itself,” he said.
Abdul Gani added, he would not hesitate to prosecute any person found to have leaked confidential investigation-related information as it is a criminal offence under section 133 of the Financial Services Act 2013 and section 145 of the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013.
“It is also a criminal offence under section 203A of the Penal Code for any person to disclose any information or matter which has been obtained by him in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions under any written law and for any person who has any information or matter which to his knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of the law to further disclose that information or matter to any other person,” he said.
Last Friday, WSJ published a report claiming that almost US$700 million of 1MDB funds had been channelled to personal bank accounts of the prime minister.
On the same day, the Prime Minister's Office dismissed the WSJ report and said it was a political sabotage to topple a democratically-elected prime minister.
1MDB also stated that it had never channelled funds to Najib.
On Tuesday, a multi-agency task force probing the alleged misappropriation of 1MDB funds said six bank accounts related to the investigation have been frozen.
- Source: Astro Awani
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