Malaysia's top lawyer rejected advice to charge PM says source
Date
1/27/2016 8:52:26 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Najib Razak
The attorney-general on Tuesday closed all investigations of Najib after reviewing reports from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on a case that involved the transfer of $681 million into the prime minister’s personal bank account.
But a source at the MACC saidthat when it handed its findings to the attorney-general last month the agency had recommended Najib to be charged for criminal misappropriation.
“It’s a pretty straightforward case. We had made recommendations for charges to be filed that the attorney-general has instead chosen to reject” said the source who declined to be identified or to elaborate on MACC’s findings.
The attorney-general’s office was not immediately available for comment.
MACC said in a statement it would seek a review of the decision and declined to make any further public comment on the attorney-general’s findings.
Najib has been buffeted for months by allegations of graft at the debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhadand by revelations of the mysterious transfer of funds adding to a sense of crisis in a country under economic duress from slumping oil prices and a sliding currency. Read More
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