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COMMENT | Malaysia’s attorney-general (AG) Mohamed Apandi Ali thinks that the civil suit filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to recover assets worth around US$540 million, or RM2.317 billion, is politically motivated.

Since the DOJ never made attempts to contact the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) for information or clarification, he thinks that the DOJ is less than impartial to Malaysia.

He further believes that the initiative of the DOJ to recover the allegedly stolen assets could have been influenced by a few individuals in the country, especially those in the opposition front.

My question to Apandi is very simple: why has he not filed charges against those involved in the 1MDB heist, even though some of those alleged to be mainly responsible, especially Malaysian Official 1 (MO1), are still in Malaysia?

Is the AG trying to cover up the massive fraud and robbery associated with 1MDB public funds, or is he too timid to initiate any action against those responsible for the international crime of the century?

There is no reason for the DOJ to seek the opinion of government officials in Malaysia, because the crime was committed in the US. In other words, the money allegedly stolen from 1MDB was used to buy assets in the US, and therefore, the individuals broke the law in the US...

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