PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor said today he will seek for a court dismissal of PKR’s suit on the RM2.6 billion donation filed against him, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and the Election Commission (EC).

He told the media today that he was aware of the suit being filed, and that he would seek to get it struck out in court as soon as possible.

“They cannot sue us that way, just on a whim,” he said at his open house here today.

“We will look into it, and we will try to get it (struck) out.”

The suit accusing the four defendants of alleged electoral offences over the RM2.6 billion donation found in Najib’s accounts was filed yesterday at the Kuala Lumpur High Court through lawyer Tommy Thomas.

The suit’s plaintiffs include PKR’s jailed leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, vice-presidents Nurul Izzah Anwar and Chua Tian Chang (Tian Chua), former secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Harapan Baru (HB) member Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Tengku Adnan declined comment when asked to respond to Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin claim that the party secretary-general was present when Najib disclosed the information of the RM2.6 billion donation.

PKR’s suit follows the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) declaring the RM2.6 billion that was in Najib’s personal accounts were from donations by a Middle Eastern donor, and not channelled from 1MDB as alleged.

In its suit, PKR accused Najib of having committed an electoral offence, citing from Section 19 of the Election Offences Act 1954 which limits the amount candidates can spend during elections: RM100,000 for state and RM200,000 for federal.

PKR has said it has filed 11 reports to MACC nationwide on the alleged use of the RM2.6 billion by Barisan Nasional in its campaigning for the 13th general election in May 2013.

Last week, Malay Mail Online reported the EC as calling for legislation that requires all political parties to declare their sources of funding to make elections more transparent.

EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof pointed out that the election agency does not have any investigative powers to find out if election candidates breached their spending limits as they only rely on receipts submitted by the candidates.