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Join rakyat in bringing 1MDB culprits to book, BN leaders told
Published:  Jul 24, 2016 5:27 PM
Updated: 12:26 PM

Gerakan Youth deputy chief Andy Yong should lobby Gerakan leadership to pressure for the arrest of those responsible for the corruption involving 1MDB, Selangor DAP secretary Eddie Ng said.

This is after Yong said it was clear that 'Malaysian Official 1' in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuits to seize 1MDB-linked assets, referred to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

"Yong should lead Gerakan Youth to push Gerakan leadership including president Mah Siew Keong to stand with the people and urge that the 1MDB culprit be brought to book," he said in a statement.

He said Yong's statement should also encourage other BN component party leaders to admit that Najib is implicated.

"They should accept the facts over who is responsible for the disappearance of billions of ringgit of money belonging to the Malaysian public.

"In fact, they should also stand with the Malaysian people to urge Najib to step down and ensure investigation on the 1MDB scandal is done independently, without untoward influence from any quarter," he said.

Yong yesterday said he believes the term 'Malaysian Official 1', mentioned 36 times in the DOJ lawuits refers to Najib.

However, he believes Najib was "wrongly advised".

"I believe Najib's intention was good, but somehow manipulated by certain people for self-interest.

"Perhaps the PM was also wrongly advised," Yong told Malaysiakini.

The DOJ on Wednesday launched what it touts to be its largest action ever brought under its Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative (Kari).

Through a series of civil forfeiture suits, it seeks to seize over US$1 billion worth of assets that were supposedly the result of criminal proceeds from the embezzlement of over US$3.5 billion from 1MDB.

The suits name Najib's stepson Riza Aziz, Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, better known as 'Jho Low', and Abu Dhabi government officials Khadem Abdulla Al-Qubaisi and Mohammed Ahmed Badawy Al-Husseiny.

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