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Malaysian anti-graft agency seeks review of PM Najib probe decision
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:16am EST
Malaysian anti-graft agency seeks review of PM Najib probe decision
KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia's anti-graft agency said on Wednesday it will seek a review of a decision by the attorney-general to clear Prime Minister Najib Razak in a graft investigation.
Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali cleared Najib of any criminal offences or corruption on Tuesday, and said he was closing investigations into a murky multi-million-dollar funding scandal that his opponents had hoped would bring him down.
Najib was buffeted last year by allegations of graft and mismanagement at the debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and by a revelation that about $681 million was deposited into his personal bank account.
Apandi said the $681 million transfer to Najib's account was a gift from Saudi Arabia's royal family, and added that no further action needed to be taken on the matter.
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Malaysian anti-graft agency seeks review of PM Najib probe decision
KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia's anti-graft agency said on Wednesday it will seek a review of a decision by the attorney-general to clear Prime Minister Najib Razak in a graft investigation.
Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali cleared Najib of any criminal offences or corruption on Tuesday, and said he was closing investigations into a murky multi-million-dollar funding scandal that his opponents had hoped would bring him down.
Najib was buffeted last year by allegations of graft and mismanagement at the debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and by a revelation that about $681 million was deposited into his personal bank account.
Apandi said the $681 million transfer to Najib's account was a gift from Saudi Arabia's royal family, and added that no further action needed to be taken on the matter.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-politics-idUSKCN0V50ME
Earlier LBN thread: Malaysia prosecutor clears PM Najib Razak of corruption
