PUTRAJAYA, Sept 3 ― The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) declined today to say if Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has already been called in to explain the RM2.6 billion “donation” that was deposited into his bank account or provide other details of the probe.

Datuk Mustafar Ali, the MACC deputy commissioner, instead only confirmed that the probe was still ongoing.

“But about the status of the investigation, still it is being investigated, that much I can say without saying what, whom, when and all that.

“But for sure the MACC is independent, transparent, professional, without fear or favor in carrying out our investigation,” he said in a brief reply during a question and answer session here.

Mustafar was speaking at a session titled “Fighting Corruption by Authorities: What worked and what went wrong” at the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference.

On August 5, the MACC announced that it would summon Najib to explain the RM2.6 billion donation that he had received.

The MACC had on that same day said the donors who deposited the RM2.6 billion are from the Middle East, but declined to disclose their identities.

According to MACC then, it had found four letters that were given to the bank when the RM2.6 billion amount was deposited into Najib’s account, with the bank documents stating that the contribution was a “donation”.

The MACC had also said the RM2.6 billion is not linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a state investment firm that was probed by a now disbanded special taskforce.

Following allegations on the RM2.6 billion, Najib has said he has not taken any public funds for personal gain.