FOREX RCI | The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) tasked to investigate billions of ringgit in losses incurred by Bank Negara Malaysia in its foreign exchange trading will not be lodging a police report against the government's propaganda arm Special Affairs Department (Jasa).

Earlier, on the eighth day of the RCI proceedings today, Dr Mahathir Mohamad's counsel, Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla, cited Section 12(2) of the Commissions of Enquiry Act in urging the RCI to lodge a report against Jasa for its statement.

Haniff cited a Sept 8 Malaysiakini report quoting Jasa director-general Mohd Puad Zarkashi who, among other allegations, accused former Bank Negara adviser Nor Mohamed Yakcop of trying to protect Mahathir over the forex scandal.

"The RCI, through the secretary, is urged to lodge a report over Jasa's statement, to show that not only is it a slander and an insult, it is a challenge to the institution's dignity."...