Rafizi hopes to repeat NFC success story on 1MDB
PKR lawmaker Rafizi Ramli hopes his success story on bringing National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFC) to court can be repeated on 1MDB.
He said this after he was summoned to give a statement over 1MDB issue to the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) in Kuala Lumpur today.
"I hope the CCID will go all out to probe into the matter (1MDB), just like my experience in dealing with NFC, when I lodged a report with CCID in 2011," he said.
PKR lawmaker Rafizi Ramli hopes his success story on bringing National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFC) to court can be repeated on 1MDB.
He said this after he was summoned to give a statement over 1MDB issue to the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) in Kuala Lumpur today.
"I hope the CCID will go all out to probe into the matter (1MDB), just like my experience in dealing with NFC, when I lodged a report with CCID in 2011," he said.
"(Back then), I gave my statement that had resulted in a charge being brought against NFC chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail," he added.
"I have answered all the questions (the police had asked me today) and gave them all the relevant documents," he told a press conference.
Salleh was charged and later acquitted of four charges involving RM49.7 million.
Rafizi had lodged a police report on Wednesday against 1MDB boss Arul Kanda Kandasamy and his management team for alleged misappropriation involving RM288 million.
Rafizi had claimed the state-owned fund diverted RM288 million it received from the government, meant for Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera's (LTAT) subsidiary, Perbadanan Perwira Harta Malaysia, to pay off its own debt interest.
He obtained the information allegedly from classified page of the auditor-general's reports on the 1MDB.
He revealed the contents of the page on March 28, claiming that it proves a link between 1MDB and LTAT.
Rafizi took this drastic step despite the risk of being slapped with a jail sentence of up to seven years for exposing an official secret.
He had claimed that 12,000 former army pensioners have not received their LTAT members’ contribution since 2014, but 1MDB said it no longer owed any money to the LTAT subsidiary and hence cannot be blamed for the delay.
1MDB had urged the authorities to investigate Rafizi for leaking confidential information.
At the press conference today, Rafizi, however, refused to divulge further the contents of his police statement, fearing that it will preempt investigation.
According to him, both Arul Kanda and 1MDB chairman Lodin Wok Kamaruddin should explain the issue to the public. Lodin Wok is also LTAT chief executive.
"It is important for them to clarify and be tranparent about this because their silence and refusal to respond in detail as to what they had done so far, will create an impression that a criminal act did take place.
"They said they will cooperate with the police, but I think this is not enough as it will give the perception that a lot of wrongdoing had taken place in 1MDB," said Rafizi, who is also PKR vice-president.
"This will not help 1MDB and the government,” he said.


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