COMMENT At least one top cop - but unfortunately, he is no longer in the force - has lived up to expectations as the former Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department chief.

We would like to know since Mat Zain Ibrahim lodged a police report against attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali over the RM2.6 billion donation scandal, has the case been opened?

It has been nearly a week, but we have not heard any feedback from Minister in the Prime Minister’s department Nancy Shukri nor the attorney-general.

In particular, since we are on the subject on integrity, what has the minister in charge of integrity, Senator Paul Low to say about this? Will both Nancy and Low urge the cabinet to urge a royal commission of inquiry to investigate into the entire scandal?

Thumbs up to Mat Zain, a former top cop

If not, at least inspector-general of police (IGP) Khalid Ibrahim should say something about the investigation. If not, at least Khalid should personally thank Mat Zain for shedding new light into the investigation and doing such a fine job to unearth the truth, which many of us would have missed.

It clearly shows that in Malaysia, we are capable of producing good cops like Mat Zain as well, with an intelligence quotient much higher than most people. He was the one who found out that it was the former IGP Rahim Noor who had given former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim his black eye.

At least, we have a top cop who would stand up and tell us the truth, while most others would have given excuses like Anwar punched himself in the eye in order to gain public sympathy. Mat Zain helps to raise the Malay dignity, and for that I, for one, salute him!

Mat Zain’s doubts about Apandi’s explanations to the press are worth revisiting. In fact, with this new piece of information, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should re-open the file to investigate into the claim that the money was a donation from a prince of the late King Abdullah.

Figures don’t add up

According to Mat Zain, the figures do not add up. The Forbes 2013 list of the world's richest Arabs listed four names of princes - Prince Alwaleed Talal (US$20 billion), Prince Sultan Mohammed (US$2.6 billion), Prince Abdullah Musaad (US$144.5 million) and Prince Mutaib Abdulaziz (US$110.1 million).

Based on Mat Zain’s own investigation, only Prince Mutaib is the son of a king, but his wealth was only one-sixth of the amount ‘donated’ to Najib. How then could King Abdullah’s prince donate what he did not have?

Plus, if Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had returned US$620 million as claimed, then Mutaib should have overtaken the other two princes.

AG and Saudi Embassy have a lot to explain

In the light of Mat Zain’s conclusion, we want to hear the explanation by attorney-general Apandi Ali.

Since he was the one who claimed that the donor was a prince of the late King Abdullah, which prince is it then? Which other princes in King Abdullah’s family had such a huge sum of money to donate that did not make it on the Forbes’ 2013 list?

To clear his own name, Apandi should at least release the report by MACC to the press so that we will know the truth of the matter. There is no point hiding the truth from people.

At the same time, the Saudi Arabia embassy has an obligation to tell us the truth as well. Being the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia has to set a good example by stating only the truth, and nothing but the truth.

From as early as last year, the good name of Saudi Arabia has been dragged into the 1MDB scandal, but the embassy has remained silent. Why?

Since a memorandum was sent to the embassy by the citizens of this country, the ambassador HE Fahad Al-Rasheed has not responded, or at least reveal the name of donor and clear the name of the late King Abdullah.

STEPHEN NG is an ordinary citizen with an avid interest in following political developments in the country since 2008.