Abu Talib hopes new A-G will be fair in probe
KUALA LUMPUR: 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investigation committee chairman Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman expressed hope that new Attorney-General (A-G) Tommy Thomas will exercise impartiality when investigating the investment fund.
In congratulating Thomas over his appointment, Abu Talib said the committee would submit its report to the A-G’s Chambers once the probe into the case was completed.
“The new A-G had said he would need to study the case after (the committee’s) report is submitted.
“We wish him all the best (in discharging his duties).
“We hope that he (will ensure justice for all, to the state and the persons alleged not to have observed the law,” Abu Talib said after a meeting with the Securities Commission at Ilham Tower here yesterday.
When pressed, Abu Talib declined to divulge details or elaborate on the committee’s findings.
He said the investigation committee members would continue to meet until the case was solved.
The 1MDB investigation committee includes PricewaterhouseCoopers Risk Assurance Services partner Nik Shahrizal Sulaiman, Naqiz Partners senior partner Syed Naqiz Shahabuddin Syed Abdul Jabbar, Financial Services Authority Indonesia senior adviser Faris Rabidin and Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism director and founder Cynthia Gabriel.