Xavier Andre Justo returns to help in probe.

Swiss whistleblower provides MACC with vital information on case

PETALING JAYA: Swiss whistleblower and former PetroSaudi International executive Xavier Andre Justo has returned to Malaysia for the third time to help with the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investigations.

Justo was interviewed by the Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission for over five hours yesterday.

He has also pledged to continue to help Malaysia in every way possible, including testifying in trials here.

Many things that happened nearly a decade ago in PetroSaudi will still be fresh in his mind, should he take the stand.

Justo has gone through the 237,000 emails and files in a hard drive that eventually uncovered the mega financial scandal.

“You must know that it happened nine years ago and it’s hard to go through all the emails from the hard drive.

“It’s something that takes years to read.

“Even 20 people will not be able to do the job quickly if they don’t have the insider knowledge and I can help with that,” the 52yearold told The Star.

“You need a person like me, who knows the chronology of events well and the persons involved in them, to filter the data.

“There is very important information like transaction documents that will be useful for the investiga tions, as well as private messages between employees that we do not need.”

A year into his job in the PetroSaudi office in London, Justo claimed that he had discovered fraud and lavish spending in PetroSaudi.

He eventually left the company in April 2011 after a fallout with its chief executive officer Tarek Obaid.

In June 2011, he secured the elusive hard drive from an IT employee of the company to protect himself, as he was a key director who had signed the company documents.

Even 20 people will not be able to do the job quickly if they don’t have the insider knowledge g and I can help with that. Xavier Andre Justo