The special task force on 1MDB must consider taking a statement from ex-Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said Umno supreme member Bung Moktar Radin.

 

This is in light of the explosive 57-second video clip where Muhyiddin claimed Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak admitted RM2.6 billion went into his account.

 

If the special task force thinks Muhyiddin can help, they should call him for a statement, he held.

 

"They can call in anyone to assist investigations," he told Malaysiakini .

 

"What I want is the truth. So do the people," added Bung Moktar ( photo ), who is also BN Backbenchers Council deputy chairman.

 

Muhyiddin ( photo )had made a serious allegation, so the special task force should look into it.

 

"I believe in our system, let the task force probe, they have already arrested a few to assist the investigation," he said.

 

If wrongdoing is proved, those responsible should be brought to justice, he said, adding that no exception should be given to leaders. 

 

Muhyiddin dropped from the cabinet in a reshuffle announced on Tuesday.

 

The video clip was allegedly recorded in a meeting at his house the same night with several people, including Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir.

 

The BN Kinabatangan parliamentarian said Najib need not explain on what Muhyiddin said in the video as the people may not trust the prime minister anyway.

 

When asked if Najib had ever denied that a huge sum of money was channelled into his personal bank account as reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the Sabah leader pleaded ignorance.

 

"I wasn't fully informed. I don't really know," he responded.

 

Following the WSJ’s revelations, Najib had only denied that the money was used for personal gain. 

 

When asked on Umno vice-president Shafie Apdal removal’s from Najib's cabinet, he pointed out leaders come and go in politics.  “Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah Badawi had setbacks too but they became prime ministers."