‘FOREIGN STAKEHOLDERS MET OVER 1MDB PROBE’
Officials from US, Singapore and Switzerland met in Putrajaya, says A-GC
INTERNATIONAL stakeholders related to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) probe have met to discuss the latest developments pertaining to the sovereign wealth fund.
The Attorney-General’s Chambers (A-GC), in a statement yesterday, said prosecutors, civil recovery specialists and investigators from the United States, Singapore and Switzerland had met recently in Putrajaya.
“The participants were conscious of the importance and urgency of cross-border cooperation and collaboration to combat crime committed internationally and across national borders.
“We thank the overseas delegations for their assistance in the war against transnational fraud and crime.
“All of us are confident that this
The participants were conscious of the importance and urgency of crossborder cooperation and collaboration to combat crime committed internationally and across national borders.
meeting will be the harbinger of greater cooperation in the future,” it said.
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Thursday was slapped with 25 corruption charges involving RM2.3 billion allegedly from the 1MDB.
Najib, however, pleaded not guilty to all offences at the Sessions Court.
His first four charges were under Section 23(1) and 24(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, while the other 21 charges were under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.
In the charges under the MACC Act, Najib, 64, was accused of using his then position as prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the 1MDB advisory board to receive bribes on four occasions.
The money-laundering charges included nine counts of receiving illegal proceeds, five counts of using illegal proceeds and seven counts of transferring the proceeds to other entities.
All the offences allegedly occurred at AmIslamic Bank Bhd’s Jalan Raja Chulan branch in Bukit Ceylon here between Feb 24, 2011, and Dec 19, 2014.
Earlier last month, Najib was charged with three counts of money laundering under the Anti-Money Laundering, AntiTerrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
He also had four other earlier charges amended with regard to the RM42 million from SRC International found in his personal account.
Three deposits, amounting to RM27 million, RM5 million and RM10 million, were found to have been wired into his AmIslamic Bank account between Dec 26, 2014, and Feb 10, 2015.