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Have a 1MDB tell-all session, Kit Siang tells Najib
Published:  Jun 28, 2018 8:41 PM
Updated: 12:45 PM

 Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak should have a 1MDB tell-all session before the upcoming Umno party polls, said DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang.

In a statement, the Iskandar Puteri MP said this is to enable the former Umno president to regain credibility.

"When he was prime minister, especially in the last three years since information about the RM2.6 billion in his personal accounts became news, Najib had avoided the 1MDB subject like a plague, subcontracting it to (1MDB CEO) Arul Kanda, probably with the highest remuneration the government has paid to a private person, at the taxpayers' expense," Lim said.

Since losing power in the May 9 general election, however, Najib had gone to extreme lengths to whitewash the 1MDB scandal, he added, including doing the "unthinkable" - giving an exclusive interview to Malaysiakini, the very news portal which was banned from several official functions during his administration.

Had the 1MDB scandal and other "mini" scandals like Mara, and Felda, come to light before May 9, the Malay votes for Umno/BN would have been even lesser, Lim argued.

Meanwhile, in a separate statement, Ipoh Timur MP Wong Kah Woh said Najib had erred by thinking that receiving gifts while in office was not legally wrong.

"Let us remind Najib that under Section 3 of the MACC Act 2008, the definition of bribe encompasses money, donations, loans, gifts and assets.

"Would Najib, and his wife Rosmah Mansor, been able to accept and collect 'gifts' amounting to a staggering RM1.1 billion as announced by the police yesterday if not for his political stint, from menteri besar to prime minister over the last three decades?" Wong asked.

He then noted the seized items would have remained under wraps - stashed away as Rosmah's "private collection" - had Pakatan Harapan not won the May 9 general election, paving the way for the change in administration.

Najib has maintained that the valuation of the items, particularly jewellery, seized from residences linked to him are subjective and unrealistic.

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