YOURSAY | ‘The fact that Najib makes no effort to return the money shows he is not an honest person.’

AG clarifies he never ordered probe into SRC to be stopped

Anonymous 2436471476414726: RM42,000,000 from SRC International ended up in PM Najib Razak's account. This is an undeniable fact and actually admitted by the PM himself.

He may not realise it at first, but the moment he did so, the appropriate thing to do is to return the money to SRC. So far, as we are aware, Najib has not done so. The money is not his and he has no right to keep it.

If my bank inadvertently credits a large sum of money into my account, I am sure the bank would demand that it be returned to them. The fact that Najib makes no effort to return the money shows he is not an honest person.

Oxymoronictendencies: It is still a mystery as to why Najib is not required (nor interestingly has he volunteered) to return the RM42 million to SRC.

No one denies the money in Najib's account came from SRC, just that Najib claims he didn't realise it came from SRC. The elephant in the room is continuously ignored by everyone. And what happened to "ignorance is no defence under the law"?

At the very best, Najib has shown extremely poor judgement in the management (or rather subrogating the management) of his personal finances; certainly sufficiently poor that he should never be allowed to hold public office ever again, let alone high office.

Vijay47: It would seem now, attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali, that your early or even entire education was in some ‘sekolah pondok’ in Bachok, Kelantan. Hence your unfamiliarity with English, this no doubt a crucial qualification for your current post.

Your sudden statement is a valuable study in paradoxes, many of them. When you say that three investigation papers reveal no criminal act and they should be closed, you actually mean that at least one is still undergoing Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) attention.

You, the AG of Malaysia, must take advice from someone to keep your big mouth shut, lest you reveal more damaging facts and charts as your last public performance offered.

More than 16 months ago, you sanitised Najib as NFA (no further action), yet now you say the case is still plodding along, when other nations have long instituted 1MDB charges.

You hold that Najib returning US$620 million of a no-strings-attached US$681 million ‘gift’ is the usual practice in donations - what reverse charity! Truly Apandi, you are a worthy AG, a legal beacon for Malaysia.

CQ Muar: This is indeed a very perplexing and mystifying explanation coming from Apandi. We've been made to go round with his "interpretation" of what NFA is all about. The whole episode seemed so ambiguous and complicated.

In any case, let's trust there will be no further U-turn with regard to the investigation of the SRC fund, and RM2.6 billion so-called political donation, and that MACC will discharge an honest job into these funds, without fear or favour.

Ipohcrite: It's a common ploy for politicians and high-ranking officials to blame the media for misquoting them or claiming that what they said was taken out of context.

I can only deduce that in this case, with his succinct clarification, the attorney-general has misquoted himself. I also learned that NFA actually means GFA (got further action).

Political doublespeak has just progressed to a new dimension in Bolehland. Sigh.

Liew Lean Kut: When a man who harassed a meter reader was sentenced to one week in jail and a fine, you said it was too light and appealed and got the sentence enhanced to 10 weeks, but when a bunch of rowdies who went to Parliament to beat up an MP and the security guards, you charged them and fined them only RM100.

You said the RM2.6 billion that flow into somebody's personal account and that somebody also do not know RM42 million was put into his bank account, and while the AGs of US, Switzerland and Singapore produced proof that the money came from 1MDB, you said there is no proof and refused to take action even when MACC recommended that charges be made against this individual.

You said the files were put under NFA and now you said investigation is still going on. You yourself said that you were advised not to speak to the press to make clear your meaning. Your honour, you are the highest authority on law and supposed to be independent, you need to be advised?

Anonymous #40538199: "After that PC, I was advised not to talk to the press, and that was why I received the worst treatment," Apandi said.

Who advised him not to talk to the press?

Tulancheow: Bank Negara imposed a fine on 1MDB for breach of financial banking regulations but the AG did not follow up with a criminal charge on 1MDB board of directors, including MO1 (Malaysian Official 1) for misappropriating 1MDB funds.

Covering up a crime is tantamount to a criminal act, therefore you will never be able to escape the full brunt of the law.

Fair&Just: Apandi, your misdemeanour has slowly but gradually eating into you when at one time you said NFA and now one can open the case like opening up a wound which has become septic.

No amount of covering up a septic putrefying wound will stop the foul smell emitting from it.

Mafeeah: I am surprised by the AG's statement. When you put a case under NFA, it means there is no evidence presented that requires further action. However, the MACC had recommended prosecution and action.

So what is Apandi talking about?

Kingfisher: It is said that truth is fleeting and its meaning fluid, depending on time and circumstances.

One is left wandering if no greater example of this wisdom is more pertinent and existential now considering what has transpired in recent revelations about the 1MDB scandal.

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