KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has not been questioned by the Auditor-General (A-G) in the probe into financially-troubled fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chief Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said today.

Nur Jazlan said the investigation has so far only involved past and present chief executives and board members of 1MDB, and officials from the Finance Ministry.

“Is there a reason for him to be called?” Nur Jazlan said at a news conference when asked whether Najib has been summoned to help with the investigation.

A-G Tan Sri Ambrin Buang had promised in March that his department will call up any individuals necessary, even Najib, in completing an independent audit on strategic fund 1MDB.

In a report last Friday, US-based daily Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing documents from Malaysian investigators currently scrutinising the troubled 1MDB’s financials, claimed that a money trail showed that US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) were moved among government agencies, banks and companies before it ended up in Najib’s accounts.

Najib has repeatedly denied taking funds from 1MDB or any other public entity for “personal gain” and his lawyers have since asked the WSJ to state if it is accusing the prime minister of misappropriating funds.

The special task force leading a separate probe on 1MDB said today that two bank accounts held by Najib in AmBank were already closed long before an investigation was launched against the misappropriation.

The task force said none of the six bank accounts frozen on July 6 were linked to Najib, as his two accounts were closed on August 30, 2013 and March 9 this year.