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Najib’s aide: No law was broken

Muhyiddin’s latest claims rebutted

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Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s disloyalty and miscalcula­tions driven by naked ambition have led to his career ending in ignominy. Datuk seri ten ku sari u in ten ku Ahma

KUALA LUMPUR: The funds in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s accounts have been comprehens­ively investigat­ed, and multiple authoritie­s have ruled that no law was broken, according to an aide.

Datuk Seri Tengku Sariffuddi­n Tengku Ahmad, Najib’s press secretary, said the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia had also confirmed that the funds in the Prime Minister’s accounts were a donation from the royal family of Saudi Arabia.

“The Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission even went to Saudi Arabia and examined all the legal documents and interviewe­d the donor’s representa­tives,” he said in a statement yesterday.

The statement was in response to former deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s latest allegation­s against the Prime Minister.

Tengku Sariffuddi­n further said that Muhyiddin was a disappoint­ed man after being used as former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s puppet.

Muhyiddin, he said, was “bitter that he will never become prime minister as promised, because their attempt to unseat a democratic­ally-elected leader failed; and angry that having lived by the sword he’s now dying by it”.

“Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s disloyalty and miscalcula­tions driven by naked ambition have led to his career ending in ignominy.

“He is now desperate. Why should anyone believe anything he says?” Tengku Sariffuddi­n said.

He also said it was clear that Muhyiddin preached one thing for political expediency but in private did another.

“Just as he falsely attacks the Prime Minister for corruption, when insiders all know his true history as chief minister (mentri besar) of Johor,” Tengku Sariffuddi­n said. — Bernama

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