Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy commissioner (prevention) Mustafar Ali did not reveal when the graft-buster agency will call up Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak over the RM2.6 billion deposit in his personal bank accounts.

Asked about the matter at a press conference in conjunction with the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Putrajaya this afternoon, Mustafar declined to give an answer.

"There is no need to answer," he said gently, after a long pause.

Pressed further on the matter, Mustafar, repeated that there was no need to answer the question.

After the press conference, Mustafar was approached to ask if he would be using the IACC as a platform to build networks with other anti-corruption agencies to help investigate the money trail of the RM2.6 billion.

He again dismissed the question, politely, and walked away.

According to documents leaked to The Wall Street Journal , the money had travelled through at least three countries - the United States, Singapore and Malaysia.

Najib is facing resignation calls over the mysterious deposit of RM2.6 billion into his personal bank accounts, which his supporters claim to be a "political donation".

He faced further attacks at the three-day IACC, with several international anti-graft figures, including Transparency International president Jose Ugaz, criticising Najib's lack of explanation on the scandal.

MACC announced on Aug 5 that it planned to call Najib to explain the massive deposits into his personal bank accounts, even though it said it had established that the money was not from state-owned 1MDB.

However, one day short of a month since its announcement, there has yet to be news about the planned interview.

Mustafar later contacted Malaysiakini to explain that the investigation did not fall under his purview as it was being handled by MACC's special operations division.

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