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Najib questioned for four hours at MACC HQ

Ex-PM says session was done profession­ally

- REPORT ON PAGE 5

DATUK Seri Najib Razak spent more than four hours being questioned by the Malaysian AntiCorrup­tion Commission (MACC) yesterday at its headquarte­rs over its probe into SRC Internatio­nal, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Developmen­t Bhd (1MDB).

Najib, speaking to the press after emerging from the headquarte­rs, said the questionin­g was done profession­ally.

“I have given my statement to MACC on the SRC Internatio­nal issue in 2015. My statement today (yesterday) was more detailed apart from verifying some documents.

“The session started at 10am and ended at 2.15pm, with a 30minute break in between.

“I want to thank the team that recorded my statement as they conducted the session profession­ally,” he said before leaving the building at 3.15pm.

Najib said he would have his statement recorded again tomorrow.

MACC Chief Commission­er Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull clarified that Najib was summoned to have his statement recorded and was not under arrest.

He said Najib was called in to facilitate an investigat­ion into SRC Internatio­nal.

“We received new informatio­n, so he (Najib) was summoned to have his statement recorded.”

On whether other individual­s would be called in to have their statements recorded, Shukri said only Najib was called in yesterday.

“We may summon one or two individual­s linked to the case for questionin­g.

“We will determine our next move after recording their statements.”

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 ?? BERNAMA PIC ?? Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarte­rs in Putrajaya yesterday.
BERNAMA PIC Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarte­rs in Putrajaya yesterday.

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