Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak brushed aside a question on the controversial video in which former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin claimed the premier admitted to transferring RM2.6 billion into his account. 

 

When the question was posed as Najib was leaving an event in Kuala Lumpur this evening, he dismissed it with a wave and continued walking.

 

However Ahmad Maslan who attended the same event, came to Najib's defence and denied that any dodgy transfers of money took place.

 

"There was no siphoning or such," he told reporters after Najib had left.

 

The newly minted deputy international trade and industries minister said Najib had already briefed the Umno supreme council on the issue of the RM2.6 billion.

 

"He (Najib) never used 1MDB money and put into his account," Ahmad Maslan ( photo ) insisted. 

 

Earlier today, a video was leaked of former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin claiming he confronted Najib, who allegedly admitted to transferring RM2.6 billion into his personal account. 

Muhyiddin was talking to several guests including Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mohamad and former Umno supreme council member Kadir Sheikh Fadzir. 

 

Mukhriz is currently a member of the Umno supreme council.  

 

The conversation in the video took place last night at Muhyiddin's house where he was entertaining numerous guests after he was dropped from the cabinet.

 

The former deputy prime minister had been a vocal critic of the troubled 1MDB, which was Najib's brainchild.