KJ lodges report

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has lodged a police report calling for a probe into claims that the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) government had “stolen” RM18 billion meant for the goods and services tax (GST) refunds. Among those mentioned in his report was “the former f i nance minister” and t op officials i n t hat ministry. Although Khairy did not name Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, the former prime minister was the finance minister when the money was allegedly misappropriated. “I have lodged a report to probe this allegation (by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng) to get an assurance if his claim was true or not,” he told reporters in Parliament after lodging the report at the Sentul police headquarters yesterday.

“This is so that further action can be taken by the police, including to investigate the former finance minister, top officials in the ministry, as well as its related agencies.

“If it is true t h e r e wa s misappropriation, that the money meant for refunds was not returned to businesses in the form of input tax credit, then whoever was responsible for this must be brought to justice.”

Khairy said he would lodge a similar report with the Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission today.

The Rembau MP said Lim’s allegation must be regarded as a “huge accusation” and that he hoped the government would not meddle with the investigation.

large number of boxes containing cash were slowly depleting days before polling day but one box remained at the office.

The security guards, although not told of the contents of the boxes, were aware they contained cash.

At 3am on May 10, two security guards decided to take advantage of the former premier’s loss and ventured into his office.

Upon spotting the box, they carried it out and left it in another room before alerting the other guards, including an officer.

As they discussed splitting the loot, the officer refused to be a part of it and turned a blind eye to the pact.

While the masterminds, the first two guards, took the lion’s share of the cash, the rest received between RM150,000 and RM200,000 each.

Over the next two months, as they splurged on new cars, motorcycles and holidays, they could not resist boasting about their new found wealth among their other colleagues and on social media.

A tip-off to the MACC weeks ago was all it took for investigators to search for the suspect’s Facebook profiles and found what they were looking for.

“Investigators are appalled by how these guards, who had served for more than 15 years, could resort to such dishonesty.

“These are personnel entrusted to guard the former prime minister and this comes as a real shock,” a source said.