Najib: We want truth on 1MDB, no objection to fresh PAC probe
Former premier Najib Abdul Razak has no qualms about the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) re-opening an investigation into the 1MDB scandal.
However, he said this should not just focus on finding faults...
Former premier Najib Abdul Razak has no qualms about the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) re-opening an investigation into the 1MDB scandal.
However, he said this should not just focus on finding faults.
“There is nothing for me to object because we want to find the truth,” he said when questioned on his stand regarding a fresh probe.
“It is the right of the PAC but let's not just be in the mood to find wrongdoings,” he told reporters outside the Dewan Rakyat this afternoon.
The former premier said Harapan should be focusing on developing the country after receiving the people's mandate in the 14th general election.
“They should be focusing on efforts to develop the country, to find new sources of ideas and revenue as well as how to develop the economy and help the rakyat,” he added.
Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today filed a motion in the Dewan Rakyat for the PAC and the auditor-general to reopen their investigations into 1MDB and to make all related information public.
It is currently fifth on the order paper and is expected to be tabled tomorrow, on the last day of this Parliament sitting.
The PAC's first probe into 1MDB had placed the bulk of the blame on the board of directors.
However, the PAC, which was chaired by Rompin MP Hasan Arifin at the time, did not manage to interview Najib despite the former premier chairing 1MDB's board of advisors.
The current PAC is chaired by Beluran MP Ronald Kiandee who was appointed after opposition leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi turned down the position.


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